Compensation for Copyright Infringement in Public Libraries:Review of Rules,Existing Problems and Response Strategies
The article is based on the"quantitative"risk by copyright infringement in public libraries.Starting from the infringement compensation rule in Article 54(1)of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China,it points out that there are gaps in the judicial application of infringement damages compensation in public libraries,unclear delineation of infringement liability and liability exemption in infringement damages compensation,and insufficient evidence materials for determining damages compensation.It proposes response strategies for public libraries to deal with copyright infringement damages compensation,namely,fully considering the influencing factors of damages compensation,making good use of reasonable defenses to reduce or exempt clamage compensation liability,and strengthening the preservation of copyright information and resource cleaning.
Public libraryCopyrightInfringement damages compensationQuantitative risk