科技進步促使著作自仰賴有形載體的「有體物」走向「無體物」;而散布著作之方式,亦由實體移轉交付轉為雲端線上傳輸。究竟從傳統唱片行購買CD之行為與自線上蘋果商店購買數位音樂檔案有何不同?為何美國法院在ReDigi公司對Capitol Records公司的判決中宣判數位著作利用人沒有所有權?2013年3月30日,美國紐約南區地方法院判決ReDigi公司侵害Capitol Records之重製權與散布權,並拒絕ReDigi公司所主張之第一次銷售原則(權利耗盡理論)抗辯;與此同時,歐洲法院在2012年7月確認二手軟體有權利耗盡理論之適用。各國對於數位著作是否適用權利耗盡理論莫衷一是。本文嘗試分析各該判決之論點,並提出著作權法修法建議。
New technology changes tangible copies into digital copies and the way people transfer or deliver them. What are the differences between buying real CD and buying mp3 on the apple store? Why the case “Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc.” tells us there is no ownership on digital works? A judgment for plaintiff Capitol Records was delivered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Mar. 30, 2013, in which the court pronounced the defendant ReDigi infringed Capitol's exclusive rights of reproduction and distribution, and rejected the first-sale doctrine(the Exhaustion Doctrine)defense. In the meanwhile, the European Court of Justice affirmed the applicability of the Exhaustion Doctrine of used software licenses in July 2012. It is controversial whether the Exhaustion Doctrine could be applied to digital works. This study will try to analysis the arguments held in those two cases and propose some suggestions to amending the Law.