“阅文风波”与网络文学版权问题

Legislative Perspective of“Yuewen Incident”and the Copyright of Internet Literacy

网文出版发行是新兴的文化生产模式,是互联网平台经济的重要组成。作为头部网文平台企业,阅文集团2019年4月的“合同风波”带来网文全行业震荡。本文聚焦引发此次风波的合同,从著作权保护与民法基本原则的角度,深入探讨网文行业发展二十余年在版权归属与权益分配方面的共性问题。本文认为,以阅文旧合同为代表的大部分网文平台合同有违著作权法有关转让、许可使用的相关法律规定,有违民法所强调的基本原则及格式条款约束。新合同在总体上做出了针对性改进,修改方向值得肯定。在法律层面上规范版权、打击侵权,遏制平台环境下的垄断现象,维护网文作者的利益,同时保护平台方的应有权益,达成平台方与网文作者的共赢,是我国网络文学深度调整的方向,以及长远发展的根本所在。

Online content publication is a new mode of cultural production,and becomes one of the most important part of platform economy.As the top of Internet literacy platform,Yuewen Incident is paid great attention of the whole industry.Focusing on Yuewen’s old and new contract,this study will discuss the common problems on the copyright issues around the Internet literacy industry.It argues that most of the contracts on the Internet literacy go against with the Copyright Law and the basic principles stressed in the Civil Code,while the revision version should be affirmed.From a long perspective of the development of Internet literacy,it should strengthens the copyright regulations,restraining monopoly of the platform to achieve win-win between the authors and the platform enterprises.