Study On Judiciary Protection On Variety Show Copyright

In recent years, the Chinese variety shows has spread among all the TV programs. Variety shows such as marriage and dating program, talent and skill competition program, art performance program, and etc. emerged one after another. It has been a general phenomenon that variety shows "copy" each other, which gives rise to the issue of protecting copyright of TV variety shows. This article intends to discuss the possibilities and conditions to provide legal protection to the variety show patterns, based on the current status of Chinese variety shows and in conjunction with analysis on PRC Copyright Law and relevant stipulations issued by Beijing High People's Court in relation to the copyright of variety show.