傳統文化表達過去之所以難以受到著作權保護，是因為這些民俗表達的起源有些已經遠不可考，而落入公共所有（public domain）。如今為了保護原住民族的傳統文化表達，則是將已經落
入公共所有的知識，給予保護。
對於近年來智慧財產權因全球化而不斷擴張的趨勢，有不少學者開始反省，不該再擴張智財權的保護。他們很強調公共所有的重要性，認為過度保護智財權，而增加後續創作人的創作成本。甚至，他們則提出另一種想法，就是「近用知識」（access to knowledge）的理念。
本文想要探討，這兩個運動背後的邏輯何在？表面上看起來，保護傳統文化表達的方向，與近用知識運動的方向背道而馳，邏輯剛好相反。但這兩個運動是否有共通之處？而我們到底該對原住民族採取怎樣的保護策略，才能協調兩者的利益？本文會檢討幾種保護原住民族知識的模式，最後也將檢討我國「原住民族傳統知識創作保護條例」目前所採取的保護模式是否妥當。

Traditional culture expressions are not protective in copyright.
These folklores have existed for long ago, and all fall into the public
(public domain). Now in order to protect the traditional culture
expressions of indigenous people, we pull the folklores from the public
domain.
Intellectual property rights have expanded for decades, many scholars began to against further expansion of IPR protection. They all stressed the importance of the public domain. They pointed that the expansion of IPR will the cost of creation. They have proposed another idea, access to knowledge.
This paper would like to explore the conflict between these two thoughts. Are there any common between these two movements? What protective model will satisfy these two demands? This paper will review several protective models of traditional culture expressions. In the final, we will also review our Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Creation Protection Ordinance.