premises and articles relating to the alleged illegal conduct. When the competent copyright authorities exercise the powers stipulated in the preceding paragraph according to the law, the parties concerned shall render assistance and cooperation and shall not refuse or hinder the investigation. Article 56 A copyright owner or copyright-related rights holder who has proof that another person is infringing or is about to infringe his rights or hinder the realization of his rights and that failure to immediately halt such conduct would result in damage to his lawful rights and interests that would be difficult to remedy may, apply to the people's court for a property preservation order, an order to perform certain conduct or an injunction against the conduct concerned in accordance with the law prior to instituting legal proceedings. Article 57 A copyright owner or copyright-related rights holder may, in order to stop an infringing conduct, apply to the people's court for evidence preservation prior to the institution of a lawsuit in accordance with the law if such evidence is likely to be destroyed, lost or difficult to obtain at a later stage. Article 58 The people's court hearing a case involving infringement of copyright or copyright-related rights may confiscate any illegal income or infringing copies and the property used to commit the infringement. Article 59 A publisher or maker of reproductions of a work who is unable to produce evidence to prove that the publication or making of such reproductions has been lawfully authorized, or where a distributor of reproductions of a work or a person who rents out reproductions of an audio-visual work, computer software, a sound and/or visual recording is unable to produce evidence of the lawful origin of such reproductions being distributed or rented out shall be held legally liable. During the proceedings, where the accused infringer asserts that he is not liable for tort, he shall provide evidence to prove that he has obtained the permission of the rights owner or that he can use the intellectual property without the permission of the rights holder as stipulated in this Law. Article 60 Copyright disputes may be subject to mediation or be submitted to an arbitration institution for arbitration pursuant to a written arbitration agreement or the arbitration clause of the copyright contract between the parties. Where there is not such written arbitration agreement or arbitration clause in the copyright contract, a lawsuit may be directly filed with people's court. Article 61 Where a party to contract shall bear civil liability due to its failure to perform its contractual obligations or to perform its contractual obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract, and where a party to contract exercises the litigation rights or applies for preservation, etc., the provisions of relevant laws shall apply. Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions Article 62 The term "copyright" ("zhuzuoquan") mentioned in this Law means "author's rights" ("banquan"). Article 63 The term "published" mentioned in Article 2 hereof means that a work has been reproduced and distributed. Article 64 Measures for the protection of computer software and the right of communication via information network shall be formulated separately by the State Council. Article 65 For photographic works, where the term of protection for the right of publication and the rights as stipulated in Item (5) to Item (17) of the first paragraph of Article 10 of this Law has expired prior to June 1, 13