论著作权法意义上作品的概念

On the Concept of Works in the Sense of Copyright Law

作品是著作权的客体。作品的本质是有体物。作品的概念是在文学、艺术和科学领域内,用于满足人类审美和认知需要,并为法律所承认的人类思想感情和物质表现形式的结合物。对“作品”形成科学的认识和明确的概念,有利于更好地保护作品的种种权利,推广传播人类的智力成果。

Intellectual works are the objects of copyright. The essence of intellectual works is their physical property. Intellectual works are the combination of humans’ thinking or emotions and material; they exist in fields of literature, arts and science and serve people’s aesthetic and cognitive needs. A scientific understanding and clear conception of intellectual works serves to protect the various rights related to them and to disseminate the intellectual results of mankind.