Off The Protection Of Copyright And The Social Function In Song Dynasty

The protection of copyright in Song Dynasty contains two aspects, namely: the officialprotection and the civilian protection. The official protection is worked about theephemerides statute books imperial books compendium of government and social institutionschronicles and the records about the royal daily lives. The ways employed by the governmentcontains destroying flogging with sticks banishing being imprisoned and execution. Thecivilian protection is worked about the private version and the workshop’s version. Theowner of the copyright could apply for the protection from the relative bureaus. The concreteways contains sign protection bulleting protection voucher protection and the signetprotection.The flourishing culture made the emerging of copyright protection in Song Dynasty aninevitable outcome. The relatively loose surroundings for the publication; the greatadvancement in art of printing; the phenomenon of piracy and distortion and the emphases onthe actual gains of the people in Song Dynasty made the appearing of copyright protection inSong Dynasty. The typography is the first reason for it. Many works from famous people,such as Su Shi，Zhu Xi，Fan Jun and Li Jing, were pirated. People in Song Dynasty alreadytook a notice to the economic interest brought by the copyright and began to protect thecopyright. There was great importance attached to humanity in the copyright protection. Thepeople in Song Dynasty paid great attention on the rational and the private labor result. Theprotection for the copyright contains actuality aspect and immaterial aspect. There are noconcrete regulations ant rules for the copyright protection in song dynasty. The legalprovisions are lacking. But it made a huge social function. It pushed forward the awakeningof the scholars’ self-dissemination; made a change in the people‘s ideas about justice and theinterests and promoted the development of the book businesses in the right way.