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Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works Article 2
Works should be registered voluntarily. Whether a work is registered or not does not affect the copyright obtained by the author or other copyright owners according to law.
Article 5
A work under any of the following circumstances shall not be registered by the work registration authority:
1. Works not protected by copyright law;
2. Works whose copyright protection period has expired;
3. Works whose publication and dissemination are prohibited according to law.