A Study On The Collective Management Of Copyright Under The Digital Environment

This paper discusses about collective management of copyright under the digital environment. Using the synthetic means of theory analysis, fact research and data analysis, it analyzes the influence of digital environment on collective management of copyright system and collective management organizations etc. In the end, this paper puts forward feasible suggestions of collective management. The text comprises 5 parts:The first part is the summary of the collective management of copyright. First, the causes of collective management of copyright and its development are analyzed. Then, the concept, principle and content of collective management are introduced. Finally, in order to discuss the necessary of collective management, the author points out the opportunities and challenges of collective management of copyright under the digital environment through analyzing digital environment's characters.The second part tries to analyze the advantage of copyright collective management under the digital environment. From the perspective of copyright balance, economy, technology and administration, the paper discusses the advantages and feasibility of collective management under the digital environment. Lastly, the author introduces some effective measures taken by some international collective management organizations and some national collective management organizations to solve the problems under the digital environment. And the feasibility of collective management can be proved ulteriorly by these measures.The third part investigates the conditions, which are applicable to collective management of copyright under the digital environment. Whenever, there is a certain range available of collective management of copyright. Undoubtedly, its applicable range will be changed when it is faced with the digital environment. This part analyzes the new conditions whether or not applicable to collective management of copyright, as well as how to use collective management of copyright.The fourth part puts forward the assumption of setting up the system of collective management of copyright in our country. The problems on the methodsof collective management of copyright are discussed in this part. According to our facts, it conceives of the system of collective management of copyright in our country by considering of the building of copyright management network, recombination of collective management organizations and development of copyright management's information system. The fifth part gives a thief conclusion.