数字时代技术措施的保护及其限制

The Protection of Technological Measures and Its Limitations in the Digital Era

在数字时代新媒体环境下,作品的利用方式已经由获得作品复制件转变为直接体验作品内容,技术措施事实上已成为权利人保护其作品及相关合法权益的事前性私力救济手段。从产权制度视角看,将接触控制技术措施作为一种独立的客体加以保护具有合理性和正当性。版权法应当赋予版权人保护接触控制技术措施的权利,同时设立相应的权利限制。版权法将接触控制技术措施本身作为独立的权利客体,不失为一种具有成本效益的产权制度设计,符合版权制度的设立初衷。由此,版权作品交易市场方能继续扩大,版权作品的创作与传播将得到进一步的促进。

In the new media context of a digital era, the use of works has changed from obtaining copies of works to directly experiencing the content of works. Technological measures have, in fact, become the private remedies for copyright owners to protect their works and related legitimate interests. From the perspective of property right, it is reasonable and justifiable for the copyright law to protect technological measures that control the access to the content of works. At the same time, technological measures that control access should be restricted by the traditional restriction of copyright system. It is cost-effective to treat the technological measure as an independent object of right protected by the copyright law. It conforms to the original intention of copyright system, which is to expand the work market and promote the creation and dissemination.