– Copyright Act promulgated on May 14, 1928, as amended on April 27, 1944, January 13, 1949, July 10, 1964, July 10, 1985, January 24, 1990, June 10, 1992, July 6, 1992, April 24, 1993, January 21, 1998, November 12, 2001, July 9, 2003, September 1, 2004, May 30, 2006, July 11, 2007, May 13, 2009, February 10, 2010, January 22, 2014, November 30, 2016, May 1, 2019,  May 4, 2022, and June 15, 2022.

Taiwan is not a signatory to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, but after becoming a member of the WTO, has been bound by the Trips Agreement to provide protection to works of all WTO member countries.
– WTO's TRIPS Agreement, since January 1, 2002.

Registration is not required for owners of an original work. Copyright protection is automatic and free from the moment a work is created.  

Duration: economic rights last for the lifetime of the author plus 50 years after the author's death. But for an author who is a legal entity, its economic rights in works endure for 50 years after publication; if the work is not published within 50 years after creation, the economic rights shall subsist for 50 years after completion of the work. In addition, economic rights for photographic works, audiovisual works, sound recordings, and performances endure for 50 years after the publication.

Authority name: none.  Internet address: none.  

Collective Management Organizations: MÜST (www.must.org.tw), ARCO (www.arco.org.tw), ACMA (www.acma.org.tw), TMCA (www.tmca.tw), RPAT (www.rpat.org.tw).