本文係討論著作權法管制過於嚴格之問題，著作權法作為帶有公共利益目的之法律規範制度，有著促進文化進步與鼓勵創作的目的存在。然而因為智慧財產相關產業所牽涉的利益龐大，在著作權人的不斷努力下，著作權在法律面以及實體面的控制力都比以往還要強。數位科技的操作與現代社會息息相關，然而卻因為數位科技的特性與著作權法產生本質上的衝突，導致數位科技的使用很容易違反著作權法的規定。本文以P2P檔案分享軟體為例子，P2P軟體做為檔案分享軟體之一種，一直是著作權人打壓的目標，並且因其同儕分享的架構，並不能夠像其他數位科技一樣，從技術面解決可能會涉及到的著作權爭議。數位科技對於現代資訊社會具有相當重要的正面意義，亦對著作權法促進文化進步的目標有所幫助。若從此方面觀察，在限制使用數位科技與保護著作權人之間，應取得適當的衡平。雖然過往的討論已承認P2P技術本身並不違反著作權法，然而使用該軟體的使用者們，其行為在法律上仍會成為著作權人的追訴對象。現今網路使用與分享著作呈現一團混亂的情況，科技的特性使得數位著作的近用與重製難以區分，並且網路上絕大部分的利用著作行為皆是不具營利意圖與惡意的私人、家庭行為，在著作權法規範過於嚴格的情況下，漁利訴訟、以刑逼民以及投機行為不段發生。本文嘗試從著作權的起源與規範目的出發，解釋為何我們應放鬆著作權的管制，讓其回到應有的範圍，並且提出具體改善方向，以供參考。;This dissertation is trying to solve the problems of copyright overexpansion. The purpose of copyright is to promote cultural development. However, the copyright owners have always been fought for their rights and interests permanently. And hereby cause the overexpansion of copyright. The Copyright terms have been extended several times, and copyright covers more widely than it used to be. The growing power of copyright may become an obstacle against cultural development. Especially in digital technology area, copyright law is expanding in a digital society to cover too much things than originally intended. The use of digital technology will easily infringe other owner’s copyright. Such as download or upload works of art, and other general computer manipulation. This dissertation will take peer-to-peer file sharing software (P2P, in brief) as an analogy to describe the phenomenon of copyright overexpansion. From the perspective of the original legal purpose and development of copyright to explain how copyright makes users of digital technology and internet bear unreasonable risks and liability. And finally will propose resolutions to copyright overexpansion.
