我国《著作权法》明文规定:凡报刊转载文章也都必须付给原作者稿酬。同理,音像出版社凡出版发行录音磁带亦应给原词曲作者付报酬,这是勿容置疑的。但是,笔者近来却发现,在对待词曲作者上不按法规办事或不公平合理的现象屡有发生,并有愈演愈烈之势。在一场文艺晚会上,歌 China’s “Copyright Law” expressly provides that: All newspapers reprinted articles also have to pay the original author’s remuneration. By the same token, it is indisputable that an audio-video publishing company should pay remuneration to the original songwriter whenever it publishes an audiocassette tape. However, the author has recently discovered that the phenomenon of not acting according to law or unfairly treating songwriters frequently occurs and intensifies. At a variety show, song