With the advent of the 21st century, the Internet has not progressed. There are more and more software developers and software developed. There are all kinds of development software, which is a lot of hard work for developers. Because of labor and sweat, it is necessary to register first to ensure the uniqueness of the copyright. So what are the regulations for registration and payment of software copyright? What are the regulations on software copyright registration and payment? The China Copyright Protection Center issued the "Notice on Matters Concerning the Suspension of Software Copyright Registration and Payment", stating that in accordance with the Ministry of Finance's "Notice on Cleaning up and Standardizing a Group of Administrative Charges Related Policies" (Finance and Taxation [2017] No. 20) requires that the collection of software copyright registration fees will be stopped from April 1, 2017. This means that software copyright owners will be free to register copyright for their works. The "Notice" states that registration and inquiry applications for payment notices that have been issued before April 1 can only be accepted after completing the payment procedures according to the existing procedures. The China Copyright Protection Center will no longer issue payment notices for registration and inquiry applications starting from April 1. If the registration and inquiry application materials meet the acceptance requirements, an acceptance notice will be issued and the application will be accepted. Registration and inquiry applications for which payment notices have been issued before April 1st must be completed before August 31st. If the payment is overdue, the application will be terminated. Notice on sorting out and standardizing policies related to a batch of administrative fees and charges, the Central Party School, the Central Administration Bureau, all ministries and commissions of the State Council, all agencies directly under the State Council, the Supreme Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the National Youth League Central Committee, and the finance departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government (Bureau), Development and Reform Commission, Price Bureau, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Finance Bureau, Development and Reform Commission: In order to effectively reduce the burden on enterprises and individuals and promote the development of the real economy, with the approval of the State Council, the relevant policies for sorting out and standardizing administrative charges are hereby notified As follows: Starting from April 1, 2017, 41 administrative fees established by the central government will be canceled or suspended (see the attachment for specific items), and the trademark registration fees will be reduced by 50%. Relevant departments and units should go to the financial department to handle the cancellation procedures for fiscal bills. Relevant departments and units shall collect the above-mentioned administrative fees in arrears in previous years in full and turn them over to the state treasury in full according to the channels prescribed by the financial department. After the above-mentioned administrative fees are cancelled, suspended or reduced or reduced, the relevant funds required by relevant departments and units to perform their management functions in accordance with the law shall be guaranteed by the fiscal budget at the same level, and shall not affect the performance of their duties in accordance with the law. Among them, the relevant expenditures of administrative units and fiscally subsidized public institutions shall be included in the budgets of relevant units for guarantee; the relevant expenditures of self-funded public institutions shall be resolved by arranging project expenditures of their superior authorities. The central government properly solves the funding guarantee problem in areas with financial difficulties through general transfer payments. The financial departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, together with relevant departments, shall conduct a comprehensive review of the administrative fee policies issued in their respective regions, and submit the review and standardization status to the Ministry of Finance before April 30, 2017. For administrative fee items that really need to be retained, catalog management must be implemented and proactively accept social supervision. Administrative fees established by the central government must be strictly implemented in accordance with national regulations, and the scope of collection, collection standards, or any additional fees must not be changed without authorization. All regions, relevant departments and units must strengthen policy publicity and interpretation through radio, television, newspapers, the Internet and other media, release information in a timely manner, and guide public opinion. All regions, relevant departments and units shall strictly abide by the regulations on administrative fee management, and shall not delay or refuse to implement administrative fees that need to be cancelled, suspended or reduced or reduced for any reason. Relevant departments should strengthen supervision and inspection of policy implementation, and those who violate the regulations should be dealt with in accordance with the "Budget Law", "Price Law", "Regulations on Penalties for Fiscal Violations" and other laws and administrative regulations.