影视“IP”投资的版权权属风险研究

Research on Copyright Ownership Risks in Investment of Film and Television IPs

最近几年,“IP”俨然成为影视圈的热门词汇,但不同于传统的知识产权(Intellectual Property),我国的“IP”早已突破了传统知识产权的法律概念范畴,变成了一些用于吸引流量和注意力的内容产业的泛称。然而,投资方对于影视“IP”的投资时常因版权的权属问题引发纠纷,导致几千万或上亿资金投入后无法收回,造成严重经济损失。本文意在通过对相关案例讨论,分析影视“IP”投资中的版权权利源头、权利内容、权利期限等,了解具体纷争问题之所在,以期发现现行制度下的版权权属风险,进而思考解决之道。

In recent years,IP has become a hot word in the film and television circle.It is no longer a legal terminology referring to intellectual property rights,instead,it is now widely used to dub the content industry seeking for traffic and attention.However,investment in film and television IPs often end up in disputes over the ownership of their copyrights,resulting in investors'unrecovered losses of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of funds.This paper endeavors to analyze the source,content and duration of copyright rights in the investment of film and television IPs.The paper discusses relevant cases,and finds out the involved risks of copyright ownership.Then the paper digs out causes to these specific disputes,and proposes some solutions.