Research On The Copyright Protection Of The Live Broadcast Of Online Games

The rapid development of Internet technology and online game industry promote the industrialization of the live broadcast of online games,but at the same time it also causes that the live broadcast of online games falls into the predicament of weak copyright protection under new technologies.Therefore,there is theoretical and practical significance to study the issue of copyright protection for the live broadcast of online games.This paper find out that our country is still lack of related awareness of copyright protection through summarizing and comparing the existing protecting situation of the legislation and industry self-discipline protection about the industrialization of the live broadcast of online games.At the same time,this paper points out that the issue of related works is a key issue in the protection of the live broadcast of online game through summarizing and analysizing the existing related judicial practice cases,which leads to the protecting predicament about the corresponding copyright infringement and the fair use.On the basis of the analysis of the copyright protection predicament,the paper analyzes the related legal attributes of the live broadcast of online game,and explores the underlying causes of copyright protection predicament.Finally based on the theoretical analysis under the background of the digital era,the corresponding countermeasures for improving copyright protection are proposed:First,identify the relevant work property in the live broadcast of online games;Second,merge the right of broadcasting and he right of communication through information network into a new right of broadcasting,and put the non-interactive communication behavior into the regulation of the new right of broadcasting;Third,reconstruct the model of fair use and clarify the metrics for fair use;Fourth,standardize the behavior of industry's copyright self-discipline and raise the overall awareness of the rights protection.It is hoped that a sound copyright environment will be created for the industrialization of the live broadcast of online game in China,and will contribute to the healthy and orderly development of the cultural industry.