Does the copyright of the novel belong to the author or the platform?

The copyright usually referred to the copyright protection that the author enjoyed for his work, but it did not necessarily belong to the author. In most countries, copyright usually belongs to the author or his authorized agent, unless the work was jointly created by many people and had a common idea at the time of creation or the author himself did not explicitly grant permission to others to use the work. For example, in the United States, copyright belongs to the author unless the author has previously sold or granted the copyright to others. Similar situations might exist in other countries. Therefore, whether or not the copyright was owned depended on the specific circumstances of the work.

The copyright usually belongs to the author, but in some cases, it may be assigned to the creator, editor, or translator of the work. For example, in the process of creating a literary work, the author usually owned the copyright of the work. However, if the copyright of the work has been granted to a third party such as a publishing house, an editor, or a translator, the author's copyright will be transferred. In addition, in some cases, authors may sell or grant their copyrights to third parties in exchange for other benefits. For example, the author might sell the copyright to a novel adaptation company to receive the profits from adapting and publishing the novel. Therefore, understanding the specific ownership of the author's copyright while reading the novel could help you better understand the plot and the author's creative intentions.

The copyright of a novel usually belonged to the author. Biography novels were a type of literary work that was usually based on the experiences and lives of real people. Because biographies usually involved the names of real people, places, organizations, and other sensitive information, the copyright usually belonged to the author rather than the investor. The author can sell or share the copyright with other authors or editors to develop and promote the novel. However, when selling or sharing copyrights, the author would usually receive a certain amount of remuneration or copyright fees to cover his creative costs and other related expenses.

Generally speaking, when an author signed a contract with a novel, the copyright would belong to the platform. This did not mean that the author's copyright was immediately owned by the platform, but that the author and the platform had reached an agreement that the platform would use the work without authorization. This agreement was often called a "copyright transfer agreement". The platform had to pay the copyright fee to the author and own the copyright for a certain period of time. During this time, the author could still modify, publish, and distribute the work, but the platform had the right to adapt, distribute, and use the work. It should be noted that if the author has sold the copyright to a third party before signing the contract, the copyright of the work will directly belong to the third party. In addition, if the work had been published before the contract was signed, the copyright would also belong to the author. Whether the copyright of the novel written by the author belonged to the platform needed to be determined according to the specific situation.

Whether the copyright belonged to the corresponding author, the first author, or the co-author needed to be analyzed in detail. Under normal circumstances, if there was a cooperative relationship between the corresponding author and the first author, the copyright would be shared by both parties. For example, if the corresponding author and the first author were both authors and they completed the writing and editing of the novel together, the copyright of the novel would belong to both parties. However, if there was no cooperative relationship between the corresponding author and the first author, or if the corresponding author was only responsible for the publication and publicity of the article and the first author was the real author, then the copyright of the novel would belong to the first author alone. In addition, there were some special circumstances, such as the corresponding author and the first author were the same person, or the corresponding author was just the acting author. Then the copyright of the novel belonged to the corresponding author alone. In short, the specific copyright ownership situation needed to be analyzed according to the specific situation.

After signing an exclusive copyright contract with the webcomic platform, the copyright still belonged to the author. According to the law, copyright refers to the rights that the author has to his work, including copying, distribution, rental, exhibition, performance, screening, broadcasting, information network transmission, etc. When an author signs an exclusive license contract with a webcomic platform, the platform obtains the right to publish and spread the work on the platform. However, the author still has the copyright of the work, including the original expression of the work's name, author, plot, characters, etc. Therefore, even if the platform uploaded the work to the Internet, the author still had the right to modify the work, license others to use it, and obtain economic benefits. It should be noted that the exclusive license contract may involve some intellectual property terms, such as the scope of authorization, usage methods, profit distribution, etc. If you are not satisfied with these terms, you can seek legal advice.

If a self-made video was uploaded to a video platform such as Bilibili, the copyright of the video would belong to the platform or the author, depending on the specific situation. Under normal circumstances, the copyright of the video belonged to the author of the video. This was because the video author enjoyed copyright when creating the video, including the original and creative content of the video content, audio and video format, etc. If the video was originally created by the author, the copyright of the video would belong to the author. However, if the video platform obtained the copyright of the video content during the operation process, such as obtaining authorization from the author or purchasing the copyright for the platform operation, the video platform would have the copyright of the video content. In this case, the video platform could decide whether to publicize, share, or distribute the video and how to share and distribute the video. Therefore, if a self-made video was sent to a video platform, one needed to understand the specific copyright laws and regulations to ensure that they enjoyed the copyright of the video content and complied with the relevant laws and regulations.

The copyright of a work was usually jointly owned by the author or the publishing house. The author would usually sell the copyright to a publishing house or other authorized parties in exchange for royalties and publishing profits. However, the publishing house could also decide to sell the copyright to other institutions or individuals or use the copyright of the work for its own creation. Therefore, the copyright of a work was not fixed and could be transferred and distributed in different stages. However, in the process of copyright transfer, it usually involved the ownership of the copyright, such as whether the author should share the copyright profits. Therefore, in the process of transferring and distributing the copyright of the work, the relevant laws, regulations and ethics should be followed to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the author.

The copyright of Joy of Life was owned by Xin Li Media. To be more specific, the producer, Xin Li Media, owned the copyright of the novel.

The copyright of Joy of Life's novel belonged to the producer.