1TheCopyrightissuesofadoptinggovernmentpublicationsinonlineperiodicalarticledeliveryserviceWen-ChiLai(AttorneyatInfoShareTechLawOffice)AbstractBecausethepublictransmissionrightwasadoptedinthecopyrightact,thereforewhentheNationalCentralLibrary’speriodicalarticledeliveryservicewantstoprovideitsservicebyinternet,itmustbeauthorizedbycopyrightowner.Inthesametime,thegovernmentpublicationispublishedbythenationalresourcesandshouldbebroadlydistributed.Ifthegovernmentpublicationcanbeappropriatemanagedandbeabletobeadoptedintothisservice,itmayprovideallthepeopleamorecompletedatabaseservice,andalsobehelpfultoachievethegoalofgovernmentpublication.However,currentlythegovernmentpublicationdoesn’thaveauniformruleoncopyrightownershipanditsmanagement;thismakestheNCLbeingverydifficulttoobtainthelicenseofthem.Anditsdifficultisthatthecopyrightownershipisunclear,thefairusescopeisindefinite,andobtainingtheindividualauthorizationiscostlyandsoon.Thisarticletriestodescribecurrentgovernmentpublicationsituation,andtoproposesomeideastoresolvetheproblems.Keywords:periodicalarticledeliveryservices,GovernmentPublication,ownershipofcopyright,fairuse,statutorylicense,openlicense212002122460(mirror)25()250(2()23())23()()34Article2(4)oftheBerneConvention:ItshallbeamatterforlegislationinthecountriesoftheUniontodeterminetheprotectiontobegrantedtoofficialtextsofalegislative,administrativeandlegalnature,andtoofficialtranslationsofthosetexts41.2.51.2.3.4.5.6.53.6~claretu/epbulletin/journal_announce.htm,2004/3/30visited7(80)807302964.7()()81.2.92003202910()()11()()10()11()(SomeRightsReserved:BuildingaLayerofReasonableCopyright)CreativeCommonsLicense(sharelike)tw-iCommonsCreativeCommons