发表权存废辨析

On the Existence of the Right of Publication

发表权是否冗余的问题在著作权法第三次修改期间引发争论,澄清其中争议仍然具有现实意义。作品内容与作者的人格联系是或然的,发表权的本质是作者对其作品发表的决定自由。发表权会影响著作财产权的实现,但著作财产权并没有完全覆盖发表权的权能范围。普通法对隐私的保护可以起到保护未发表作品的效果,但是隐私权与发表权的法律运行机制并不相同。我国著作权法保留发表权具备适切性,符合社会认可且保护期制度有助于协调未发表遗作上的私益与公益,妥善安置追思敬慕的民族情感。

The issue of whether the right of publication is redundant was debated during the third revision of the Copyright Law,and the clarification of the controversy is still relevant.The content of a work is contingently linked to the author’s personality,and the essence of the right of publication is the author’s freedom to decide on the publication of his or her work.The right to publish affects the realization of economic rights,but economic rights do not fully cover the scope of the right to publish.The common law protection of privacy can have the effect of protecting unpublished works,but the legal operation mechanism of the right to privacy and the right of publication are not the same.The reservation of the right of publication under our copyright law is appropriate,in line with social acceptance and the protection duration helps to reconcile the private interest and public interest in unpublished posthumous works,and properly accommodates the national sentiment of memorialization and admiration.