中国计算机软件著作权保护的回顾与展望

Retrospect and Prospect of Copyright Protection for Computer Software in China

中国软件著作权保护以著作权法为根据,采用了在著作权法之外单立行政法规的模式。立法进程表明,为推动经济发展和社会进步,中国政府高度重视软件著作权保护;同时中国也受到了外来的巨大压力。软件最终用户使用未经授权软件的法律责任问题在中国引发了两轮论战。解决软件最终用户问题的依据应为"拟制说"而不是"复制说"。中国应取消在著作权法之外单立行政法规以规范软件著作权保护的模式,直接在著作权法中加入若干保护计算机程序的条款。

The paper employs the legislation basis、the legislation mode and the system of laws and regulations of copyright protection for computer software in China,reviews the legislation history,emphasizes the influence of external expressure on the legislation of interllectual property in China,especially introduces the two rounds of controversies in China over the legal liability of using unauthorized software by end-users,elaborates the views on legislation of intellectual property protection for computer software in the near future,stresses that the 'lnhibition Theory',rather than 'Replication Theory',should be the basis of the solutions to the issue of software end-users,suggests that abolish the present legislation mode which makes administrative regulations separatly from Copyright Law to regulate the protection for computer software,and add certain provisions directly into the Copyright Law to protect computer software.