Copyright Protection Of Foreign Films And Television Works Without Approval

In recent years there has been a series of cases about the protection offilm works, which become the focus of attention more than ever. This essaywill clarify the "not approved" and "without the approval" of foreign filmand television works. According to different attitudes shown from severaltypical cases of domestic courts, the cases are divided into three types toanalyze copyright protection of non-approved foreign films and televisionworks.Years ago, the legal practitioners ideas for foreign film and televisionworks copyright protection issues without the approval were not consistent.This non consistency led to different judgments of similar cases whichembodied in the works of identification in liability for damages. Until<TheSupreme People’s court annual report on intellectual property cases (2010)>pointed out that Foreign film and television works copyright owners could protect their legitimate rights and interests without obtain administrativeexamination and approval conditions. This article is based on the legislativestatus quo of China’s actual conditions with the consideration of theadministrative approval system and civil copyright infringement disputes.With the discussed reasoning, the third idea works the best on constructingthe proposed work for foreign film and television works for the legalregulation of collective management to address such issues with theoreticalreference paradigm.