The Research On Copyright Protection Of Self-Media Works

With the prevalence of the internet and smart phones,mobile reading are greatly enriching people's life.Every day,we get a lot of information and fantastic materials from Weibo,Wechat,Zhihu,Tiktok and other aggregative news clients,literary creation websites.These platforms which provide readers with vast information via the Internet are called self-media platforms.Due to the spring up of self-media platforms,it is possible for everyone to become a producer of works.What's more,the huge benefits and commercial value behind attract a stream of newcomers to enter this industry.However,since the the demand for cultural and professional quality of the self-media producers is not high enough,and the supervision in the network environment is poor,so the infringement of the self-medias works' copyright is very serious now.it's a good time to develop self-media in our country at present,but if we let infringement behaviors run as it pleases,not only the enthusiasm of original producers will be undermined,the bad money drives out good will also appear,which in turn greatlly damage the long-term development of self-media platforms.Therefore,this paper aims to analyse the present situation and existing problems of the copyright protection of self-media works,and finally find out some feasible suggestions to make things better.This research contains five parts as follows:The first part is the introduction,which mainly introduces the background and significance of our research,then it defines what is self-media,self-media work and also copyright of self-media works for later research.Literature review is also included in this part,which can draw out the innovation of this paper.The self-media platforms we are researching in this paper are not limited to those open only to fans,such as Weibo,WeChat official account,but also include those to all mobile readers.With the development of self-media,our research on the infringement forms turns from traditional in-depth link and copy to plagiarism,illegal reproduction and pseudo-original.I hope this part can lay a good foundation for the following research.The second part elaborates the copyright of self-media works in detail.The copyright of the self-media works also includes personal rights and property rights,but the original author is also subject to certain restrictions for the existence of fair use system and legal license system stipulated in the Copyright Law.Under the internet environment,the copyright of the self-media works breaks regional protection and lacks special legal protection,which makes it more vulnerable to be attacked.The third part analyses existing protection mechanism of copyright of self-media works in our country.Currently there are three main forms of infringement on self-media platform:plagiarism,illegal reproduction and pseudo-original.In order to protect the copyright of works,these self-media platforms also have preliminary anti-infringement mechanisms,such as real-name registration,original detection system,reporting function and so on.However,the actual effect is very little,and the legislation of self-media in our country is not perfect.The fourth part summarizes the dilemma of copyright protection of self-media works in our country through the analysis of present situation,which comes from the lack of special national legislation to make clear tort and compensation standards.What's more,the self-media platform's profit-seeking essence and people's lack of copyright awareness also lead to this dilemma.The fifth part shows the significance of this research.On the basis of former study,we finally find out problems behind and now we can explore the feasibility ways to improve the copyright protection of self-media works.To make a long-term development for self-media platforms and our culture,we find ways from three aspects:national legislation,self-regulation of the self-media platforms,and self-enhancement of copyright awareness.The third-party rights protection agency is also an effective way to protect the originators' legitimate interests when necessary.