同人小说借用人物形象的著作权问题刍议——由金庸诉江南案谈虚拟角色借用的合法性

The Literary Character of Fan Fiction——Does the Appropriation of Its Name Constitute Copyright Infringement?

同人小说属于演绎作品。如果仅仅使用了他人虚拟角色的姓名,同人小说与原作不具有整体上的实质性相似,具有明显的转化性,就可能不构成侵权。这种转化性借用通常不会影响原作的销售,也不会对原作造成市场替代,不会对原作造成市场损害,具有明显的合理使用特征。宽容同人小说符合文化事业发展需要,有利于实现创作自由与文化权利。法律实践上,除了司法上的灵活处理,我国《著作权法》合理使用制度应做必要修改。

Fanfiction（fanfic） falls into the derivative work under copyright law. Wherethefanfic borrows only the names of fictional characters from other person＇s work,there will not be significant similarity between them, and thefanfic will not constitute copyright infringement because of its transformative use. The appropriation of such kind will not be harmful to the market orthe potential one forthe copyrighted works, so it should be fair use.In China, besides elastic judicial explanation, the fair use system of current Copyright Act should be revised to accept an open model.