Software copyright is also called computer software copyright. Computer software copyright refers to all kinds of exclusive rights enjoyed by software developers or other rights holders according to the relevant copyright law. As far as the nature of rights is concerned, it belongs to a kind of civil rights and has the same characteristics as civil rights.
Copyright is an exception in intellectual property rights, because the acquisition of copyright does not need to be confirmed separately, which is also the principle of "automatic protection" that people often say. After the software is registered, the software copyright owner enjoys the rights of publication, developer status, use, license and remuneration.
How to apply for software copyright protection?
The way to apply for software copyright protection is software copyright registration. Software copyright registration is a kind of copyright registration.
At present, the process of software copyright takes about 2 months from the beginning of application to the completion of registration and certification. Software copyright is registered, so the value of source code is not evaluated, which is more like a mode of right declaration.
The documents to be submitted are:
1. Letter of Entitlement
2. Engineering application
3. Letter of appointment
4. Job description
5. Software source code
6, software operation manual
7. Provide a copy of the business license of the enterprise or the author's ID card, etc.