A Research Of Cover Song In Copyright Issues

Cover song is not an unfamiliar topic, it as a very unique performing arts, often brings aunique experience for the audience. In recent years, the songs cover copyright infringementsurged to become the focus of attention of the public, but the legal definition and type of thecurrent academic research on a cover of the song, use is still rare. In this paper, a cover of thesong copyright issues for the study, the first attempt to clarify the legal boundaries of thecommercial nature of the cover of the song, and the song cover is divided into literalinterpretation of the cover with the two types of cover. Second, the two types of cover placedunder openness occasions, combining case studies cover the copyrighted content of deductivecover could constitute derivative works under the cover of the case and the networkcommunication tort liability for analysis. To arrive at a cover song caused a lot of interestexists infringement legislative imbalance, lack of public awareness of copyright protection andthe Music Copyright Society of China’s current management methods behind many causes.Face cover songs infringement disputes in the application of copyright law to protect theoperating mechanism and multi-channel efforts, thereby seeking consideration varioussubjects so that the whole community tends to balance the interests of all parties. To respectcopyright and balance the public interest for the development of the music industry startingangle, good institutional arrangements to resolve the public misunderstanding of copyrightmission, both to protect the creative aspects of music, but also a wonderful spread of the notescan be maximized.