信息网络传播权考略

Historical Study of the Right of Information Network Communication

信息网络传播权成为一项新颖的、独立的著作权利,彰显出著作权法已步入网络时代。然而,著作权法一定要以此方式来应对技术与社会的变化吗?从历史脉络看,著作权法总是在失衡的博弈中恣意发展,结果造成了今天著作权利体系的繁杂混乱。本文通过历史的考证、法域的比较和逻辑的分析,认为信息网络传播权的设立实无必要,我国在信息网络传播权的立法上存在明显漏洞,并从法解释学的角度对法律漏洞提出了填补性的解释方案。

The fact that the right of communication on information network has been recognized as a new and independent right under the copyright regime evidences entry into the network age of copyright law.However,does copyright law have no other options but respond to changes of technology and society by this way? During its history,copyright law has been evolving arbitrarily during imbalanced games,which resulted in the current complication and chaos of copyright system. This article,based on historical discovery,jurisdictional comparison and logical analysis, argues that it is unnecessary to create the right of communication on infor- mation network and a legal loophole does exist in Chinese copyright law.The author puts forward an interpretative solution to the loophole.