Study On The License Mode Of Computerize Use Of Dissertations

The dissertation database has been now comprehensively applied in china. However, there are still some legal problems, the first of which is about the ownership of the copyright of the dissertations. The writer of this paper insists that the owners of the copyright of the dissertations should be classified, according to the specific conditions, into four kinds: the school, the supervisor, the author and the trust agent. So the idea that only the author owns the copyright of the dissertation is wrong. Second, since the Dissertation Database adopts the mode of commercial operation and caters to the whole society, it is required to obtain the authorized license for the copy and download of the dissertation, and the edition of the database.Now in china the mode of this authorization is specialized, which has such problems as follows : First, the range is unclear; second, the subject of the authorization is unqualified; third, the cost is high, etc.. Furthermore, because of the specific characteristics of the dissertations, it is difficult to apply the system of restrictions on the rights of the copyright, such as the Fair Use System, the statutory Use System , the System of Collective Administration of Copyrights, to the mode. Therefore, to solve those problems, we should focus on the management mode and the specific application form of the Dissertation Database.The writer of this paper insists that first, the authorized statement on the right of use of the dissertations should be revised and improved. The statement should make clear the ownership of the copyright and make sure that the school has the authorization. Second, the dissertation database should use the security system to avoid the legal problems possible to arise. Finally, a new dissertation licensing model should be established from the institutional level to resolve those problems completely.