| In recent years,with the development and progress of the Internet,live sports events have become more and more popular,bringing great convenience to the audience,allowing them to watch the world’s top events without leaving their homes.At the same time,the convenience of the Internet has also led to more frequent incidents of network pirating of programs,and the legitimate rights and interests of rights-holding broadcasters have been continuously infringed.Live sports programs are generally protected in developed countries and regions,but in my country,their legal protection is still in a state of uncertainty.Today,the determination of the nature of live sports events is still controversial,the originality standard in the Copyright Law is still unclear,and there is no uniform standard in judicial practice regarding what kind of legal protection is applicable.In this regard,it is necessary for us to deepen the live broadcast of sports events.the study.This article consists of five parts.Through the research on the status quo of protection at home and abroad,it is hoped that it will help resolve disputes over the nature of live sports programs.The specific content is as follows:The first part is an overview of live sports events.Defining live sports events,clarifying its connotation and extension,and distinguishing concepts similar to live sports events,so as to determine the legal protection object of this article.The second part examines the status quo of judicial protection of domestic sports live broadcast programs.Combining the analysis of existing judicial precedents,explore the three protection paths in judicial practice,proceed with their rationality,and find the core disputes from them.The third part is the analysis of the legal nature of live sports events.Through the study of the viewpoints of different scholars in the theoretical field,the originality standard in the copyright law is clarified,and it is explored whether the live sports program can constitute a work in the meaning of the copyright law.In the fourth part,through the analysis of the protection status of live sports programs in the four countries of Britain,the United States,Germany and Japan,which belong to the two major legal systems,explore the protection methods that are most in line with my country’s legal system and national conditions.The fifth part is the protection path of the copyright law of the live broadcast of sports events.Combined with the latest amendments in the amendments to the Copyright Law,live sports events are classified as audiovisual works,and the "broadcasting rights" and "information network communication rights" are integrated or protected by expanding the main scope of the broadcasting organization rights. |
