公開發表權之保護與限制

Protection and Limitation of Right of Disclosure

檢視我國著作權法之規定，對於公開發表權未有限制規定，然而，此是否意謂著公開發表權不受任何限制，實有疑問。以兩蔣日記為例，由於其具有史料價值，可否基於公共利益之理由公開發表此日記，亦即限制其受公開發表權之保護，似非無討論之空間。而此並非單一特例，翻開中外各式文獻資料，不難發現諸多具有史料價值或其他資訊價值之記載，在公開發表權之保護下，是否只須著作權人或其繼承人不同意公開，社會大眾即無法知悉其內容。因此，公開發表權之保護應如何限制，基於各式公共利益之考量，實有討論之必要。有鑑於公開發表權亦有限制之必要性，本文以德國相關法規與實務運作為比較法研究之對象，研析公開發表權之性質與限制模式，藉此呈現其對於公開發表權保護與限制之基本精神，再探討我國相關規定與可能之限制模式。 In the Copyright Act there is no regulation about limitation on right of disclosure. However, I doubt that right of disclosure could not be limited. Let me use the case of Diaries of Ex-President Chang Kai-Shek and Chang Ching-Kuo as an example. In these diaries they wrote a lot of his opinions about historical incidents so that the dairies are copyright protected works and historical documents. It caused a lot of discussion about whether the publication of the diaries should be determined by their family members. This is not the only case. A lot of government documents may be in the same situation as the diary case. The second example is whether disclosure of thesis and dissertation depends on the willings of his/her author. Hence, it is important to discuss about limitation on right of disclosure. In the Draft Revision of Copyright Act in 2017 limitation on right of disclosure is added. According this regulation limitation depends on the willings of the author. In my opinion this regulation is not without question, because the public might have the interest in disclosure of some works. For example, the diaries of Ex-President Chang Kai-Shek and Chang Ching-Kuo might be important for the historian to have a different aspect of this period. The thesis and dissertation might deliever new information for the further research. In hence, I do not agree with the regulation of draft revision in which limitaiton depends on the willings of author. In regarding the necessity of limitation on right of disclosure, this article discusses legitimacy of limitation and its scope. At first this article focuses on the related regulation and implementation in pratice of Germany and then discusses whether and how it would be adopted in Taiwan. Besides, this article will also exam whether article 44 to article 65 of Copyright Act can limit right of disclosure.