中华人民共和国著作权法已由七届全国人大常委会第十五次会议于1990年9月7日审议通过,并同日颁布。该法将于1991年6月1日起施行。著作权法自1979年开始起草到今年公布,历经十一年,其所以如此艰难、时久,是因这项伟大文化工程所涉法域都是我国固有法律文化中欠缺的部分,故而难以借鉴。如果单纯引进和移植国外的著作权法内容,则既不切合国情,也不利于我国文化出版事业的发展。因此,要制定一部具有中国特色的社会主义的著作权法,就必须将著作权法的一些重大原则问题经过深入讨论,形成共识,从而写进庄严的法条。著作权法立法过程的漫长,充分说明立法作为 The Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China was reviewed and approved by the 15th meeting of the Seventh National People’s Congress Standing Committee on September 7, 1990 and promulgated on the same day. The law will be June 1, 1991 shall come into operation. The Copyright Law, drafted from 1979 to this year, has been published for 11 years. It is so difficult and long time that it is difficult to draw lessons from the fact that the jurisdiction involved in this great cultural project is a flawed part of our inherent legal culture. If only the introduction and transplantation of foreign copyright law content, it does not meet the national conditions, is not conducive to the development of China’s cultural publishing. Therefore, in order to formulate a socialist copyright law with Chinese characteristics, it is necessary to go through a series of discussions on a number of major issues of the copyright law and reach a consensus so as to write a solemn law. The long process of legislation of copyright law fully illustrates the legislative act