| With the rapid development of TV broadcasting industry and online platforms,the competition in the domestic variety show market has become increasingly fierce.In order to control the cost to the maximum extent,more and more program broadcasters in China’s variety program market are currently experiencing a large number of imitation,plagiarism and piracy,and the copyright protection of variety program templates is facing an unprecedented dilemma and challenge.Therefore,based on the existing researches,this article,based on the contemporary value of variety show template protection,focuses on explaining the attributes of variety show templates and the problems and reasons of current variety show template copyright protection in the copyright field,and tries to put forward suggestions for variety show template copyright protection.The article mainly consists of four parts.The first part mainly includes the introductory part and the overview part.The introductory part mainly expounds the reasons for choosing the topic of this article,domestic and foreign research trends,research methods and innovations.The overview part discusses the connotation and characteristics of variety show templates,the analysis of copyright attributes and the necessity of copyright protection.The content of this part provides theoretical support for the subsequent content related to the presentation of the dilemma,the combing of causes and the proposal of countermeasures.The second part mainly includes case examples and analysis.This part mainly compares and briefly analyzes three typical cases,namely,the dispute between "Let’s Go Out" and "Fei Cheng Meng",the dispute between Qianqing International Culture Media Co.The third part is to sort out the problems of variety show template protection and the reasons behind the problems.The main problems of copyright protection for variety show templates are: firstly,variety show templates cannot be characterized according to the statutory types of works under the Copyright Law;secondly,it is difficult to determine the infringement of variety show templates in the judicial trial process;thirdly,there is a problem of insufficient enforcement after the trial;fourthly,plagiarism in the variety show market is frequent.The fourth part of the report is about the causes of plagiarism in the variety show market.The fourth part mainly includes principles and suggestions.At the judicial level,the main objective is to establish consistent adjudication standards and adopt the new three-step detection method to detect substantial similarity of variety show templates;at the executive level,the main objective is to strengthen the quality and ability of law enforcement officers through relevant rules and regulations or training;and finally,at the production and broadcasting level,the main objective is to strengthen the promotion of the law in the variety show industry.Finally,in the variety show production and broadcasting industry,the main purpose is to strengthen the popularization of law and education. |