Digital contents are vulnerable to copy. They are easily copied and distributed through the Internet, which may result in market failure. In order to protect market lead-time, contents providers employ technological measures such as encryption, digital right managements (DRM), right management information (RMI). These technological measures help encouraging uses of digital contents, reducing transaction cost and managing copyrights. On the other hand, banning all acts of circumvention, and all technologies and tools that can be used for circumvention has given copyright owners the power to unilaterally eliminate the public's fair use rights. As the number of copyright works wrapped in technological protection measures increases, the legitimate activities of innovators, researchers, the press, and the public are hindered. Even though the copyright system was supposed to balance between the rights of copyrighters and consumers, the anti-circumvention provisions involved in Copyright Act and Development Act of Online Digital Contents Industries disturbed the balance by providing copyrighters with the power to control access to their works. However, anti-circumvention provisions are needed to minimize thenegative effects by the characters of digital contents and the Internet. Thus, anti-circumvention provisions should be enforced and applied only when they are really needed to encourage innovation and protect competition. To do this, it is necessary to distinguish between circumventions for legitimate uses and those for illegitimate access. If anyone buys a legitimate product, he should be allowed to circumvent technological measures for fair uses.
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Ⅰ. 서론 Ⅱ. 기술적보호조치의 의의와 필요성 1. 기술적보호조치 2. 권리관리정보 3. 기술적보호조치의 문제점 Ⅲ. 기술적보호조치의 무력화 금지규정에 대한 찬반론 1. 기술적보호조치의 무력화 금지규정 2. 저작권관리정보의 보호규정 3. 무력화 금지규정에 대한 찬성론 4. 우회금지 규정에 대한 반대론 5. 무력화 금지조항에 대한 찬반론의 정리와 시사점 Ⅳ. 결론 참고문헌
본 학회는 지식재산 및 관련 제도(특허, 실용신안, 상표, 디자인, 영업비밀, 저작권, 반도체칩, 컴퓨터프로그램, 데이터베이스, 디지털콘텐츠 등)에 관한 국내외 이론과 실무에 대한 연구를 촉진하여 지식재산분야의 학문간 융합발전과 국제적 유대를 강화하고, 지식재산에 관한 지식을 보급하여 인적 네트워크 구축과 정책제언을 추진하며 이를 통해 국가발전에 이바지하는 것을 목적으로 한다.