Study on the Protection of Neighboring Rights of Live Online Game Screens
文荣 李 · Dispute Settlement · 2025
网络游戏直播画面的著作权定性是规范网络直播行业发展的重要问题。根据法律权利理论，考察网络游戏直播画面的本质具有理论与实践意义。首先，网络游戏直播画面具有达到作品独创性标准，且属于智力成果的可能，不能一概而论；其次，比较网络游戏直播行为与具有演绎性质的创作行为、具有表演性质的创作行为与侵权行为，网络游戏直播行为应属于具有表演性质的创作行为，若未经游戏权利人的许可，则构成侵权。最后，由于网络游戏直播画面的著作权定性问题尚未形成共识，相较于扩大解释广播组织权，单独立法成本较高，也不够灵活。因此，扩大解释现行广播组织权，如将网络传播及其他发挥传播作用的组织纳入规制范围，更符合我国立法现状及数字时代的发展特点。The copyright characterization of online game live screen is an important issue to regulate the development of network live broadcasting industry. According to the theory of legal rights, examining the nature of online game live screen has theoretical and practical significance. First of all, online game live screen has to meet the standard of originality of the work, and belongs to the possibility of intellectual achievements, can not be generalized; secondly, comparing the online game live act with the creative act of deductive nature, the creative act of performative nature and infringement, the online game live act should belong to the creative act of performative nature, without the permission of the game right holder, it constitutes infringement. Finally, as the issue of copyright characterization of online game live broadcasting screen has not yet formed a consensus, compared with the expansion of the interpretation of the right to broadcasting organization, separate legislation is more costly and less flexible. Therefore, expanding the interpretation of the existing broadcasting organization right, such as including network communication and other organizations playing the role of communication into the scope of regulation, is more in line with the current state of China’s legislation and the development characteristics of the digital era.