我国著作权精神损害赔偿适用考察

Investigation on the Application of Compensation for Copyright Mental Damage in China

精神损害赔偿旨在为非财产损害提供救济。在著作权中存在包含非财产利益的著作人身权,就其适用精神损害赔偿的问题,在我国当前立法与司法实践之间业已出现“不睦”。通过考察著作权精神损害赔偿理论基础发现,普通法体系下的著作人身权,经历了一个由排斥到有限接纳的过程,而在民法体系下,素来重视对作者利益的保障,因而体系内不少国家纷纷建立起著作权精神损害赔偿机制。我国也应适时在著作权领域引入精神损害赔偿,此举不仅是对著作权救济缺陷的补正,亦是对大陆法统的依循,更是针对著作权现实保护需求的有力回应。

Compensation for mental damage is intended to provide relief for non-property damage.In the copyright,there are personal rights of writings that contain non-property interests.As far as the application of compensation for mental damages is concerned,there has been disharmony between the current legislative and judicial practice in China.By examining the theoretical basis of copyright construction,it is found that the personal rights of a book under the common law system have experienced a process from exclusion to limited acceptance.Under the civil law system,the protection of the interests of the authors has always been valued;so many countries in the system have established a mechanism for compensation for copyright mental damages.China should also introduce mental damage compensation in the field of copyright in a timely manner.This is not only a correction of the defects of copyright relief,but also a basis for the mainland legal system,and it is also a powerful response to the demand for copyright protection.