计算机软件著作权保护中的两个问题

Two Problems on Protection of Copyright of Computer Software

计算机软件的法律保护问题一直是知识产权界关注的热点之一,其中有两个问题尤其值得我们进行思考和研究:一是把计算机软件纳入著作权法或版权法的调整范围并不具有天然的合理性,所以我们应当在充分掌握计算机软件特性的基础之上,用一部专门的法律来对其进行保护。二是我国《计算机软件保护条例》第八条规定了软件著作权人所享有的一系列权利,大都是因袭了著作权法对著作权保护的规定,并没有考虑到计算机软件本身的特性。另外从保护周期等方面考虑,软件著作权保护中并没有解决利益平衡问题。

The problems of legal protection on computer software copyright have been hot problems that draw much attention of intellectual property rights circle. The author considers that two problems are worth reflecting and studying： One is the regulating range; the other is that when legislators regulated the rights of software copyrighter that regulated in the eighth item of Computer Software Protection Byelaw, they did not consider the characteristics of computer software itself and concerning to protection period, it did not solved interest balance in copyrights protection of software.