What does it mean that copyrite2020 is displayed at the bottom of the website?

The copyright displayed at the bottom of the website is mainly used for copyright declaration.

Intellectual property problems in website construction mainly exist in homepage, links, webpage information, technical measures, rights management information and so on. Take the home page as an example-as a multimedia work, some single graphics in the home page may meet the criteria for judging art works in the copyright law. The form and content of the home page constitute intellectual creation in selection and arrangement, and can also be regarded as a kind of "assembly work". Therefore, it is very reasonable for a website to declare copyright in its own page content.

Then the question is, how to correctly write the copyright statement in the content of the website page?

Like most current Internet practices in China, the practice of website copyright declaration originated in the United States. Accordingly, the reference standards and formats are also the instructions of the US Copyright Office. Copyright statement about books, movies, DVDs, records, web pages, software, etc. These three parts must be included:

(1) the English word "Copyright" (literally translated as copyright)

② The year when the work was first published.

(3) the name of the copyright owner of the work-the right holder can be a company or enterprise with copyright other than the author and multiple authors; The name can be the full name of the identifiable owner, the abbreviation of the name, or other names of the owner known to the public.

Simply put, the standard format should be:

Copyright+[date]+[author/owner]

* Copyright+[date]+[author/owner]

In the copyright statements of some websites, a suffix "all rights" (usually translated literally as "All Rights") is reserved and added after the copyright owner, so the whole format becomes "Copyright 20 16xxx". All rights reserved. "

When writing a copyright statement in Chinese, you can also add the word "copyright", but pay attention to its position in the back. Remember not to directly replace "copyright" with "copyright", but write "copyright 1996-20 12xxx". All rights reserved. "

This suffix was once necessary in some countries' laws and regulations, but at present, it is not a word that must be marked by law in most countries.

In the copyright statement of some websites, another year and date will be indicated after the "year of first public publication", such as: copyright1996-2012xxx. All rights reserved.

This is because the website is valid for longer than 1 year, so there will be a second year. If this website is valid until this year, the second year should be filled in as the year of this year. Meanwhile, the second year is not necessary.

This is the case with the copyright statements of some websites, such as Zhihu's:

"? 20 16 Zhihu "

Is that because? Mark stands for "CopyrightSymbol", so it can be used directly instead of "copyright". But be careful not to use "?" Replace.

China's current copyright law is formulated with reference to the Berne Convention, and according to the provisions of the Convention, the copyright of a work is automatically obtained after it is produced, and it can be obtained without declaration or registration. Therefore, whether to use the copyright mark-there is no strict regulation.

But another fact is that if infringement needs to be protected, it is still necessary to judge the ownership of copyright through legal channels and provide creative evidence.

Therefore, whether it is at the bottom of the website page or on other original works, adding a copyright statement is only a way to show the copyright owner and declare his rights, although it has limited legal effect objectively. But at least it is a shock to malicious pirates and a clear reminder to well-meaning users.

After all, most authors or rights holders are not professionals, so the written copyright statement will not be very standardized, so it will also reduce its seriousness and effectiveness. Therefore, how to write these sentences correctly is not something that can be ignored casually.