Song copyright belongs to intellectual property. Article 3 of the "Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that music, drama, folk arts, dance, and acrobatic artistic works belong to the scope of works protected by the Copyright Law, and copyright belongs to intellectual property rights, so song copyright belongs to intellectual property rights.

Legal basis

Article 3 of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China

The works referred to in this law refer to literature, art and Intellectual achievements that are original in the field of science and can be expressed in a certain form include:

(1) Written works;

(2) Oral works;

(3) Art works of music, drama, folk art, dance, and acrobatics;

(4) Art and architectural works;

(5) Photographic works;

(6) Audio-visual works;

(7) Graphic works and model works such as engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams;

(8) Computer software;

(9) Other intellectual achievements consistent with the characteristics of the work.