The Evolution and Reconstruction of the Principle of Exhaustion of Distribution Rights on Internet
Wei Liang-jie · Journal of Jiangsu Radio & Television University · 2012
Principle of exhaustion of distribution rights on the pre-Internet age has an important function,which limits the intellectual property rights and protects the free movement of goods.But in the internet environment,the traditional exhaustion principle is not applicable,due to the limit of the concept of distribution behavior and the disappearing of right conflict.Essentially,distribution rights in traditional sense and the rights of information dissemination on internet are the same.Therefore,from the function of law of balancing the interests,the evolution of principle of exhaustion of distribution rights now becomes the expansion of the right of dissemination of information on the net.