信息法律关系视角下的谷歌数字图书馆研究述评

A Review of Google Digital Library from the Perspective of Information Law Relationship

[目的/意义]研究数字图书馆建设中的知识产权保护问题。[方法/过程]从信息法律关系的三要素(主体、客体、内容)出发,对国内有关谷歌数字图书馆案的研究成果进行梳理和评述。[结果/结论]谷歌数字化图书的行为对于作家、作家协会、出版商、谷歌同行、谷歌、图书馆、用户、政府来说各有利弊;一般认为谷歌扫描不受版权保护的图书不构成侵权,而对于谷歌扫描受版权保护的图书的行为定性则呈百家争鸣之态;立足于整个版权制度建设的研究大都认为谷歌行为宜视为合理,而基于合理使用制度的研究对谷歌行为呈现支持与反对两种状态,从复制权出发的研究却认为谷歌行为侵权。

[Purpose/significance]The paper is to research on intellectual property protection issues in the construction of digital libraries.[Method/process]The paper starts with three elements of information legal relationship(subject,object and content),reviews the research results of Google digital library in China.[Result/conclusion]The results show that the behavior of Google’s digital books has its advantages and disadvantages for writers,writers’associations,publishers,Google’s peers,Google,libraries,users,and governments;Generally,it is legal for Google to scan books that are not protected by copyright,while scholars hold different opinions on Google to scan books that are protected by copyright;most of the research based on the construction of the copyright system believes that Google’s behavior should be regarded as reasonable,and the research based on the fair use system presents support and opposition to Google’s behavior.The research from the right of reproduction believes that Google acts infringement.