论数字图书馆数据库的知识产权保护

Study on The Problems of Intellectual Property Protect of The Data Library of The Digital Library

数据库的开发和利用是数字图书馆建设的重要内容,随着网络化、信息化时代的到来,伴随着建设数字图书馆系统工程的深入开展,数据库的知识产权问题凸显,成为了争论的焦点。传统的版权法在保护数据库知识产权上存在诸多问题,为此,提出了各种弥补措施:特殊权利保护机制、反不正当竞争法的保护形式、契约性质的知识产权保护形式,但都具有一定的局限性。因此,呼吁国家制定相关的法律条例,保护数据库投资者的合法权益,平衡著作权人和数据库投资者的利益,促进信息产业的发展,以合理使用数字图书馆的文献资源;同时,为促进文化科技事业的发展,建立和完善相关的法定许可制度。

There are some limitations in the traditional copyright law, in order to remedy a defect, special policies and flexible measures, trough the unlawful competition law and contract law to protect the intellectual property been put forward. They all yet have some defects. Therefore some laws and regulations should made, in order to protect the lawful rights and interests of the data library invester, keep the balance between the copyright and the data library invester, promote the information industry, make rational use of the digital library.