Article 10 (7) of China's new copyright law stipulates: "the right to rent, that is, the right to temporarily license others to use film works, works created by methods similar to filming, and computer software." The so-called "cinematographic works and works created by methods similar to cinematography" are in accordance with Article 4 of the new regulations for the implementation of the Copyright Law (1 1). Works consisting of a series of pictures with or without sound, which are projected by appropriate devices or disseminated by other means ":Article 4 1 of the new copyright law (1) stipulates that" producers of audio and video recordings have the right to permit others to copy, distribute, rent, disseminate to the public through information networks and get paid ". For the so-called "recording", according to the new ". According to Article 5 (3) of the new Regulations for the Implementation of Copyright Law, the so-called video works refer to the recordings of any continuous related images and images with or without sound, except film works and works created by methods similar to filming. Article 1 1 of the new copyright law stipulates: "Copyright belongs to the author, unless otherwise stipulated in this law".
Therefore, from the legal point of view, the main body of our country's lease right belongs to the author of the copyright owner's film works, the author of works created by similar film-making methods, the author of computer software and the producer of audio-visual products among the neighboring rights holders.