英文摘要 |
Controversial questions regarding the subject matter, exclusive rights and limitations in copyright law shall be examined in light of a structural understanding of copyright law. For the vast majority of intellectual creations, the more cost-efficient way to delineate the exclusive right is to do it ex post, namely after a potential disagreement becomes a real dispute. Among all the regimes provided by intellectual property laws, copyright law fits best to such an ex post model. Patent law, in contrast, re-presents largely an ex ante analytical framework. As the prototype ex post delineation mechanism, copy-right law is bound to be open for a vast number of highly heterogeneous disputes. Accordingly, both the ''entrance'' and the ''exit'' of copyright liability should be kept flexible. On one hand, the subject matter and exclusive rights should be interpreted more flexibly than they currently are; on the other hand, we should introduce a general clause for fair use into Chinese copyright law. |