1. What is the royalty?
Royalty is a way of payment. Specifically, it refers to a certain monetary share obtained by the copyright owner because others use his work. Royalties, also known as royalties, are the monetary benefits collected by the creators or copyright holders of intellectual property rights from other people who use their intellectual property rights. People who use intellectual property rights such as copyright, franchise, copyright, trademark and patent may have to pay royalties. Generally speaking, in order to obtain the right to copy or perform a work, money will be paid to the inventor or creator of the work as royalties.
second, what is the general royalty rate?
Edition tax rate refers to the percentage that the author or other copyright owner draws from the income of the user of the work, and uses it to calculate the copyright and obtain the royalties of the work. The royalty rate may be different due to the author's popularity, the type, quality, the scope of authorized use, the method of copyright calculation and other factors, and is generally determined by both parties through consultation when signing a contract for the authorization or licensing of works.
the calculation method of publishing royalty is: book unit price × book print or sales volume × edition tax rate; Royalties for performances of plays, music, dances, etc. are calculated as follows: total box office income × edition tax rate; The calculation method of the recording royalty is: the unit price of the recording × the number of recordings issued × the edition tax rate.
The edition tax rate is generally not applicable to the payment method for publishing works in newspapers. The edition tax rate is the percentage used to calculate the royalty amount, which generally depends on the nature of the work, the author's reputation, market demand and other factors, and is determined by the author or his agent through consultation with the publisher. In the absence of agreement, Relevant national standards shall apply. Prepaid royalties are generally not less than 5% of the total estimated royalties. The royalty rate is generally between 6% and 1%.
The calculation method of publishing royalties is: book unit price × book print run or sales volume × royalty rate. Secondly, according to China's current "Regulations on Remuneration for Published Literary Works", the edition tax rate of original books is 3%~1%.