In July 1992, Chunfeng Wenyi Publishing House (Shenyang) published and distributed “After the Fortress Besieged” created by Lu Zhaoming. Mr. Qian Zhongshu claimed that Lu Zhaoming created a sequel of Fortress Besieged without his permission has violated his copyright. This gave rise to a discussion among scholars of sequel and related issues. With the development of network, as well as film and television industry, sequel is no longer just limited to novel, but also extended to film and television works. In this context, what is the nature of sequel? Whether the interests of sequel can be a right? To whom the interests belong? And how to exercise the sequel rights after the interests recognized by law? Discussions of all these questions have an important theoretical and practical significance. When Chinese scho lars probe into sequel issues, most o f them focus on the side o f sequel writer. While the authors think the interests of both parties—— the original and sequel, should be taken into account, and be analyzed under the framework of existing copyright law. First, the sequel versus the originality of original. The sequel is a new work that created independently on the basis of the existing work. Therefore, a sequel is dependent on the original work though it has absorbed intellectual achievements of the original work. But at the same time, the sequel is the results of independent thinking, which constitutes a new work. Second, the sequel versus the copyright of original work and its restriction. S equel do es n o t make change t o the o riginal wo rk i tself, a nd t he work of “future” cannot be adjusted by the right of integrity, or adaptation right. As a result, sequel does not infringe on the above two rights of the original author. The purpose of fair use is to ensure the public’s right to know the society information, ensure the public can access to works protected by copyright, namely to get ideas, material, knowledge and information from them. The sequel is a kind of use; therefore it should not be characterized as fair use. On the ownership of sequel interests. Chinese Copyright Law lacks regulation of sequel, while sequel has become unavoidable in disputes. As a result, we need to clarify the right attribution of sequel interests on the basis of sufficient demonstration. The legitimacy of sequel interest arises from the right characteristics and the requirements of righting. Moreover, the righting of sequel interest is beneficial to settling disputes. We should learn from the United States and other foreign legislation, and then assign the sequel r ight t o t he o riginal a utho r. On the nature of sequel right and its restriction. The first question is the nature of the sequel right. From the perspective of the right essence, moral rights embodied respect for the author's personality. However the sequel right has more influence on the author's subsequent creation of the original, so it is preferably classified as economic right. The second question is the restriction of right. In order to balance the interests between t he o riginal a nd t he s equel, t he s equel right i s suggested to be taken into statutory license. As sequel is in fact done by others independently, in the real world, the original copyright holder is hardly able to control the behavior in advance. In addition, the statutory licensing models without prior approval can not only reduce the cost of transaction information, but also reduce the costs of negotiations; thus greatly increase the possibility of cooperation between the two parties. Meanwhile, as the sequel does use intellectual achievement of the original work, and enjoy the positive externalities of the original work, so it shall pay reasonable compensation.
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摘要 I. 续写的现行著作权法解读 II. 续写利益的权利归属 III. 续写权的性质与限制 IV. 结论 參考文獻