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网络环境下的发行权 被引量:52

Right of Distribution in the Network Environment
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摘要 我国主流学说认为,发行权以作品"有形"载体转让为前提,著作权法上不应成立"网络发行",网络环境也不应适用发行权用尽。然而,这种源自欧洲的学说已为2012年欧盟法院UsedSoft案件明确抛弃。它既没有成文法依据,也不符合当今网络经济的发展趋势。发行权的核心特征在于作品原件或复制件的"所有权转让",无关乎作品载体是有形还是无形。网络发行和网络传播虽有相似,但本质不同。网络传播限于作品内容,其受众只可在作品传播期间享受作品内容,此行为受信息网络传播权调整;而网络发行必然含有转让作品复制件所有权的意思表示,其受众可以通过取得复制件无限期地自主享受作品内容,此行为受发行权调整。而且,作品数字复制件经著作权人许可网络发行后,发行权也理应用尽。 Under Chinese Copyright Law, it is widely held that the right of distribution applies only to "tangible" original or copies of a work, and thus there is no Internet distribution, no application of exhaustion doctrine in the network environment. Accordingly, online delivery of digital works is only subject to the right of communication to the public through network. This opinion, which originates from Europe, has already been explicitly rejected by the EU Court of Justice in the UsedSoft case. In fact, this conventional view is supported by neither national statutes (including Chinese Copyright Law) nor international treaties. It is the transfer of ownership in the original or copies that characterizes the right of distribution. This right should not be confused with the right of communication to the public through network. Their differences reside not in tangible or intangible medium where the work concerned is fixed. In essence, the right of distribution requires manifestation of intention on the part of the copyright holder or a person acting under his authorization to transfer the ownership of the copies. As a result, the purchasers of the copies may enjoy the content of the work of authorship for unlimited periods at their own choice of time and place. In contrast, the right of communication concerns itself with communication of the content of the work. The audience is supposed to enjoy the content of the work only when communication occurs. True, the audience may employ technical means to "fix" the work communicated to them. The copies so fixed and owned, however, are outside the copyright holder's intention. Such fixing act infringes upon the right of reproduction if it is not exempted as "fair use." Therefore, the intention manifested determines whether a given conduct is online distribution or online communication Of works. Accordingly, the exhaustion doctrine should also apply to digital copies delivered through the Internet. Where the copyright holder or a person acting under his authorization sells a digital copy and delivers it to the buyer through the Internet, the right of distribution of the copy should be exhausted. The right holder may not interfere with the resale of the copy by the buyer who makes that copy unusable to him at the time of the resale. This is so even where the buyer sells the copy to a third party and delivers it also through the Internet. Honestly, the exhaustion doctrine traditionally applies to the particular copy sold to the buyer with the copyright holder's consent. The particular material copy which the buyer obtained cannot transfer over the Internet, and a new material copy must be created for the third party as a result of the online delivery. There is reproduction without authorization. That reproduction, however, is necessary for the new lawful acquirer to use the work which he has purchased and thus should not be considered as infringement of the right of reproduction. The exhaustion doctrine so applied promotes competition and does not make copyright holders' situation worse. Surely, it is hard for a copyright holder to police whether the buyer actually deprives himself of the digital copy which he claims to have been resold. However, a copyright holder who distributes copies of a work on a material medium such as a DVD, to which the exhaustion doctrine applies definitely, is faced with the same problem. To fix the policing problem, a copyright holder can and does adopt technical measures to protect his own interests from dishonest acts. Furthermore, he can sue the buyer for infringing on the distribution right as well. To be exempted from infringement, the buyer shall carry the burden of proof that his acts satisfy the conditions for exhaustion, one of which is no access to the copy resold after its online delivery. The burden of proof for the copyright holder to establish infringement remains the same, regardless whether the buyer's online delivery act should be characterized as distribution or communication to the public through network. Therefore, it is unlikely that recognizing digital exhaustion will lead to increased infringement and added cost for enforcing copyright. Undoubtedly, should digital exhaustion apply, copyright holders would be exposed to competition from markets for "used" digital works and might suffer from economic injuries. But this harm comes from healthy market competition and is perfectly envisioned by the copyright exhaustion doctrine.
作者 何怀文
出处 《浙江大学学报(人文社会科学版)》 CSSCI 北大核心 2013年第5期150-159,共10页 Journal of Zhejiang University:Humanities and Social Sciences
基金 浙江大学光华法学院"985工程"项目经费资助
关键词 发行权 信息网络传播权 作品复制件的所有权转让 网络发行 发行权用尽 right of distribution right of communication to the public through network transfer of ownership in copies online distribution exhaustion of distribution right
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