版权侵权认定方法探究

版权法不保护作品中的思想,而是保护作品中思想的表达。这种“思想／表达”二分法已为人们普遍所认同。但是对“思想／表达”的划分却并非易事,版权侵权认定必须以原告与被告的作品中的“表达”存在着“实质相似”为前提。根据美国的司法实践,对“实质相似”的认定方法主要有“三段论”侵权认定法,“摘要层次”测试法、部分比较法和整体比较法等。侵权认定方法众多,但是无论采用何种方法,其都要妥善地解决权利人利益与社会公共利益的平衡这一永恒主题。

On Establishment Test of Copyright Infringement

The dichotomy notion that copyright law protects the ideas rather than expression itself is widely accepted,which,however,is not easily distinguished.The establishment of copyright infringement must be based on the fact that the expression of substantial similarity between the works of plaintiff and the works of defendant.According to the legal practice in America,the tests of establishment of substantial similarity include"Three Step Test","Levels of Abstraction","Ordinary Audience Test","Contract partly Test"and"Contract wholly Test".Though there are quite a few approaches,the benefits between the individual and the public are appropriately considered.