There are many differences between authorship system and copyright system, which are also reflected in the question whether the live broadcast of the sports event is a work. The core of this debate lies in whether the live broadcast of the event is original. Authorship system and copyright system use different originality stan? dards when identifying works. The former distinguishes works and non-works with the standard that if there is originality in it, while the latter uses the standard that if the originality is high enough. Differences in standards lead to different understanding of live pictures copyrightability. Compared with authorship system, copyright sys? tem matches the original intention and law of copyright better. According to the principles of the copyright sys? tem, we should identify the live broadcast of the sports event as a work.