论海峡两岸"新著作权法"对合理使用的规范——兼及现代合理使用制度的法理思考和探索

Comparison of "New Copyright Laws" across Taiwan Strait on Fair Use——Legal Thinking of and Exploration into the Modern System of Fair Use

为使传统的"合理使用"制度适应数字技术和网络发展的新环境,必须对现代合理使用制度进行新的法理思考和探索;我国大陆新著作权法针对原法合理使用范围过宽的实际,根据TRIPS协议的规定,缩小了合理使用的范围,我国台湾地区新著作权法扩大了原法规定的合理使用的范围,增加了"其他合理使用之情形"的概括性规定。两岸新著作权法均注意与TRIPS协议和《伯尔尼公约》接轨,不断规范合理使用制度,均已有较高的国际化水平;但对照国际惯例和国际公约的要求,仍需要不断改进和完善。

In order to make the traditional system of 'Fair Use' befit the new digital and Internet environment, the new legal thinking and exploration must be taken into the modern system of Fair Use. As the old copyright law allows too extensive fair use, the new copyright law on China's Mainland has narrowed down on fair use pursuant to the TRIPS whereas the new copyright law of the Taiwan Region has broadened the fair use restricted by the old copyright law, adding the general provisions of 'other circumstances of fair use'. The new copyright laws across Taiwan Strait both try to standardize the system of 'Fair Use' in line with the TRIPS and 'Berne Convention' and are fairly internationalized. Anyhow, there is still room for improvement and perfection compared with the international practices and conventions.