“用户生成内容”之版权保护考

Studies on Copyright Protection of User-Generated-Content The Protection of Copyright for the User-Generated-Content

"用户生成内容"因涉及未经许可大量使用受版权法保护的作品而引起学界和实务界广泛关注。从逻辑自洽来讲,"用户生成内容"概念界定、独创性标准以及版权归属等问题是解决"用户生成内容"版权问题的前提与基础。传统版权许可制度在以社会公众为作品使用主体的"用户生成内容"的适用上陷入困境。"用户生成内容"作为社会公众参与文化的方式具有主动性,不能完全依赖于抗辩性的合理使用制度解决作品事先许可的需求。版权法应当保证版权人退出使用的选择,同时增设能区分对待"用户生成内容"中业余者与专业者差异的法定许可制度内容,实现版权人与作品使用者之间的利益平衡,促进文化繁荣发展。

The issue of User-Generated-Content(UGC)causes extensive attention from scholars and practitioners,as UGC uses a large quantity of copyrighted works unlicensed by copyright holders.Logically speaking,it is the basis and premise to define the concept of UGC,originality and attribution of copyright,to solve the copyright problems of UGC.Traditional copyright license system has difficulty applying in UGC phenomenon.As a way for the mass public to participate in culture activities,the copyright problem of UGC can not be fully resolved by fair use system to satisfy the requirement for advanced license.The Copyright Law should guarantee copyright holders the right to opt-out,and add to it a statutory license system which can differentiate the amateur works from professional ones in UGC,to realize the balance of interests between copyright holders and users,so as to promote culture prosperity and development.