Definition of Tort of Signature Right———A Case Study of Tort of Signature Right from a Perspective of Autobiographical Works and Network Environment

As an expression of the author’s identity, the signature right is aimed at distinguishing the source of works,
and is the author’s most important copy-related personal right. In actual life, there exist a lot of infringements against such right, among which there is a controversy in the academic circle concerning the definition of the tort of signature right against autobiographical works and under the network environment. For the autobiographical works, only when we know the real au- thorship can we define the corresponding tort. And under the network environment, we should distinguish the infringements on the basis of keeping the works’ independence. It is of great help for warning the potential infringers and stabilizing the manage- ment of the copyright to know the boundary of infringement of signature right and attack various tort behaviors.