数字环境下权利用尽原则扩张适用的法经济学分析

The Analysis of Legal Economics on the Application of the Principle of Digital Exhaustion

数字时代背景下有关数字作品交易和再转让的正当性,以及著作发行权用尽原则在数字网络环境中的适用问题在法律实务界和学界备受关注。故此,基于权利用尽原则的理论内涵及其适用效果的法经济学分析,特别是成本与收益的比较考察后可知,不仅于传统有形载体领域,而且在数字网络环境中也有其适用的正当性。进而遵循经济效率原则,并结合我国现行法,呼吁在我国《著作权法》第10条第1款第6项的发行权部分增设权利用尽原则的具体规定之同时,通过《著作权法实施条例》和相关司法解释,将发行权的调整范围适当扩张至数字网络环境。就此,一则从制度层面明确所谓“数字权利用尽原则”适用的经济正当性,二则促进我国数字经济的进一步发展。

Digital works transactions are currently flourishing in the context of the global digital age.Among them,the issue of the legitimacy of the retransfer of digital goods and the application of the exhaustion principle of distribution right in the digital network environment have received much attention.After the analysis of legal economics on the theoretical connotation of the digital exhaustion principle and its applicable effect,especially the comparative examination of cost and benefit;can be seen,it is significant not only in the field of traditional tangible carrier,but also in the digital network environment.Then,based on the principle of efficiency and combined with the current law,from the legislative point of view of the relevant recommendations:On the one hand,the principle of traditional exhaustion should be added to the distribution right at section of article 10,paragraph 1,item 6 of the Chinese “Copyright Law”.On the other hand,through the future “Implementation Regulations of the Copyright Law”,the adjustment scope of distribution right can be expanded to the field of intangible digital goods trading.Then it will not only help the economic legitimacy of applying of the digital exhaustion principle,but also promote digital economy in China.