What does it mean to reprint and edit newspapers legally? The so-called statutory license means that others use their works without the permission of the copyright owner in accordance with the express provisions of the law. This is a major restriction on the author's rights in China's copyright law, and its essence lies in degrading some rights in copyright from absolute rights to paid rights. After the publication of the work, other newspapers and periodicals may reprint it or publish it as abstracts and materials, except that the copyright owner declares that it is not allowed to reprint or extract it, but shall pay remuneration to the copyright owner. Reprint means that the work has been published in other newspapers and periodicals intact or slightly modified. Abstraction refers to the extraction and abbreviation of the main contents of the original text. The results should reflect the original content systematically and comprehensively. If only the author's name, source and chapter name used for retrieval are copied, it does not constitute an abstract, and there is no need to obtain permission from the copyright owner or pay fees. According to the first paragraph of the same article, legal permission only applies to works published in newspapers and periodicals. As for newspapers and periodicals reprinting books and works, or compiling and publishing books from newspapers and periodicals or books, they should obtain permission from the copyright owner according to law and pay remuneration directly. When reprinting or editing according to law, the name of the author, the name of the work and the name and date of the newspaper where the work was first published shall be indicated. The law allows reprinting and extracting works, which is originally a restriction on the rights of authors who publish works in newspapers and periodicals. However, if a large number of articles in the same publication are copied mechanically, the copyright and layout design rights of the compiled works of this publication may be infringed. Why does the copyright law give newspapers the right to reprint and extract, and exclude their exclusive right to use published works? Of course, the law does not prohibit the copyright owner from transferring or authorizing one or more exclusive rights of his work to the newspaper by means of transfer or license, but in this case, the publication or publication of the work by the newspaper does not belong to the reprint permitted by law referred to in this paragraph. We know that most reprinted newspapers are daily newspapers, and most periodicals are biweekly, monthly and bimonthly. There are many differences between newspapers and book publishers. First, the publishing cycle of newspapers and periodicals is short. The daily newspaper is 24 hours, and the periodicals are mostly half a month, one month or two months. Generally speaking, the interval between the first edition and the second edition of a book should be calculated in years, and the bestseller should take several months. Second, newspapers and periodicals that enter the market in the short term are newspapers and periodicals with different contents, while books are reprinted or reprinted after a long period of time. Because of the long cycle, piracy can enter the market calmly, affecting the sales of published books and hindering their reprinting, so book publishers need exclusive copyright to protect their own interests. The cycle of newspapers and periodicals is short, and newspapers and periodicals with another content are re-published, so reprinting the published works of other newspapers and periodicals will not have much impact on the sales of these newspapers and periodicals, nor will it hinder the issuance of the next issue of newspapers and periodicals. Therefore, it is a vital exclusive publishing right for book publishers, but it is not necessary for newspapers and periodicals.