Is live singing infringing?

Live singing is not infringing. The network anchor will get all kinds of remuneration for singing in the live broadcast room, so it is a paid performance and cannot constitute a fair use as stipulated in the copyright law. If the performance is performed without the permission of the lyrics and song copyright owner, theoretically, the anchor is suspected of infringement, and the live broadcast platform also has the risk of infringement.

Nowadays, many people use Tik Tok live singing to get attention. If you sing live on Tik Tok, as long as you improve the relevant personal information and allow the operation of opening the live broadcast number, singing in the live broadcast room is not infringing, because you have done the relevant work as required, so it is legal.

The network anchor will get all kinds of remuneration for singing in the live broadcast room, so it is a paid performance and cannot constitute a fair use as stipulated in the copyright law. If the performance is performed without the permission of the lyrics and song copyright owner, theoretically, the anchor is suspected of infringement, and the live broadcast platform also has the risk of infringement.

Legal basis: Article 22 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) may use a work without permission and payment to the copyright owner under the following circumstances, but the author's name and the name of the work shall be clearly stated, and other rights enjoyed by the copyright owner according to this law shall not be infringed:

(a) for personal study, research or appreciation of the use of other people's published works;

(2) appropriately quoting published works of others in works for the purpose of introducing and commenting on works or explaining problems;

(3) inevitably copying and quoting published works in newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media in order to report current news;

(4) Newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media publish or broadcast current affairs articles on political, economic and religious issues that have been published by other newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media, unless the author declares that they are not allowed to publish or broadcast;

(5) Newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media publish or broadcast speeches delivered at public meetings, unless the author declares that they are not allowed to publish or broadcast;

(6) Translating or reproducing a few published works for classroom teaching or scientific research in schools for use by teaching or scientific researchers, but not publishing them;

(seven) the use of published works by state organs within the reasonable scope of performing official duties;

(eight) libraries, archives, memorial halls, museums, art galleries, etc., in order to display or save the version, copy the works collected by the library;

(9) Performing published works for free, without charging fees to the public or paying remuneration to the performers;

(ten) copying, painting, photography and video recording of works of art set up or displayed in outdoor public places;

(eleven) China citizens, legal persons or other organizations written in Chinese and published in China;

(12) Published works are published in Braille.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply to restrictions on the rights of publishers, performers, producers of audio and video recordings, radio stations and television stations.

I hope the above content can help you. If in doubt, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis: Article 37 of the Copyright Law stipulates that performers (actors and performing units) who use other people's works to perform shall obtain permission from the copyright owner and pay remuneration. Where a performance organizer organizes a performance, it shall obtain the permission of the copyright owner and pay remuneration.