What Does a Copyright Agent Do?

A copyright agent is a copyright agent who is entrusted by the copyright owner to act in the name of the agent to resolve the transfer or authorization to use the copyright of the work and related matters.

Copyright Agency

The characteristics of agency behavior are:

(1) Activities in the name of the agent;

(2) It has legal significance;

(3) The legal effect directly belongs to the principal. The agent is entrusted by the author or other copyright owner to represent the latter.

Copyright agencies generally have advantages such as wide contact, specialized personnel, fast information, and strong coordination capabilities. CAC is familiar with the market demands and sales of various works, and maintains close contact with publishers, newspapers and other works users. CAC can provide readers with information on the needs of readers of various works and provide writing suggestions for authors who commission their agency for copyright affairs. At the same time, CAC can find the most appropriate publishers and disseminators for their works according to the author's wishes, and perform copyright transfer or Negotiating authorized use, dealing with related legal affairs, and contacting publishers, arranging publication of works, etc.

Software copyright query refers to the file or subject query for the full name, software abbreviation, software version number, copyright owner, registration date, etc. of the computer software copyright certificate information that has been registered by the China Copyright Protection Center.

There are two ways to query software copyright:

The first is to make an inquiry request to the "China Copyright Protection Center" and obtain the inquiry result at a fee;

The second is through the "China Copyright Protection Center" website.