| Right of droit system begins in France in1920, which gives the original author of the art right of droit so that the author can gain a certain proportion in the subsequent transactions. This can help to protect the author’s reasonable interests. Later, this system is introduced to Germany, Italy and other countries to protect the original author’s interests as well as balance interests between original author and the investors. This system is of great help. China doesn’t have right of droit system even though we have made Copyright Law in1990. Nowadays with the development of market economy, the art industry is also growing. Distributions between investors and the original authors appear at the same time, therefore, its time to solve those problems. In2011, our country’s art trading volume was the biggest in the world, taking place of America. With the development of global art trading, the issue of protecting the original author’s reasonable rights becomes more and more urgent. How to balance the interest between the original authors and investors becomes a hot issue.This article mainly defines the concept and nature of right of droit so that we can better know this theory. Besides, it will also make an analysis of the right of droit system. Moreover, it will introduce, analyze and compare with other countries’ right of droit system so that we can offer some legal suggestions to form our country’s right of droit system. |
