限制抑或促进——从言论自由的角度解读版权

Limiting or promoting:freedom of speech examined from the perspective of copyright

考察版权与言论自由的历史,笔者发现,现代意义上的版权与言论自由皆以传播技术的发展和资产阶级革命胜利为前提和基础,这种契合是巧合还是必然?本文将从两者存在的社会、经济、文化的基础,探寻版权与言论自由之间的密切联系。

This article reviews the relationship between copyright and freedom of speech. It is found that the development of communication technology and the victory of bourgeois revolution are the premises and foundation of copyright and freedom of speech. Is this a coincidence or inevitable？ This article seeks to explain the close relation between copyright and freedom of speech from their social, economic, and cultural bases.