英文摘要 |
With the progress of the times, the creation of dramatic and choreographic works has gradually gone non-traditional, diversified, and fusional. The understanding and definition of dramatic and choreographic works has thus been severely challenged. Given the foregoing, there is certainly an urgent need to clarify the definitions, elements, and boundaries of dramatic and choreographic works. Surprisingly, lawmakers and scholars have never shown their attention to the issues of dramatic and choreographic works since dramatic and choreographic works became one of the subject matters in Taiwanese Copyright Law. In view of the above mentioned facts, this project will initiate the research on the definitions, elements, and boundaries of dramatic and choreographic works by consulting the experience of the U.S., which has had a long history of dramatic and choreographic creation, since the law of copyright in the U.S. has a considerable influence on copyright legislation and judicial decisions in Taiwan. Through a comparative study between the U.S. and Taiwan, the article will review and examine the deficiencies of the definitions, elements, and boundaries of dramatic and choreographic works in Taiwanese copyright law, and try to provide comments and workable suggestions for future legislation and judicial decisions. Hopefully the fruit of the research will spark further concern and discussion about copyright issues of dramatic and choreographic works. |