追续权的理论基础和制度构建

The Theoretical Foundation and System Construction of the Right of Pursuit

追续权是作者在艺术作品原件被再次出售中分享一定数额收益的权利。追续权保护是适应艺术品市场的发展需要并平衡作者和艺术商之间的利益冲突而创设的一项著作权法律制度。它以民法中的非常损失规则为理论依据,符合公平、效益的法律价值,体现了对著作权权利穷竭原则适用的限制。追续权制度在我国著作权立法中的缺失势必产生诸多的现实缺陷,因而应当在我国未来的著作权法修订中增设追续权条款。

The right of pursuit shall confer on the author of the artistic work notwithstanding any transfer of the original of the work an inalienable right to share in the proceeds of any sale of such artistic work in a public auction or through a merchant, irrespective of the terms and conditions under which the latter carried out the transaction. The aim of the right of pursuit is to balance the interests of the authors and merchants, so as to boost the market of artistic works. Based on the theory of the rule of lacsio enormia(exceptional losses) in civil law, the right of pursuit properly restricts the application of the principle of exhaustion of a work and materializes the value of equity and efficiency. The lack of the right of pursuit in our copyright legislation shall lead to dissatisfying results in practice. Thus, the clauses of the right of pursuit should be added in the future amendment of our copyright law.