(Division of Physical Education, Zhongnan University of Economic s and Law, Wuhan 430074,China) Abstract: As a combination of competition and performance, modern sports matches concrete the intellectual achievements of the athletes and other concerned persons. A further study shows that, principally, the sports matches and performances are the "works" , defined in the copyright law and other objects such as technical arrangements, administrative models are also intellectual works which are of the nature of creativity, cap ability and satiability. They shall be protected by the copyright law. on this basis, some suggestions to revise the present copyright law are put forward. Key words: sports matches and performance; copyright protect ion; works; |
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