This article is focused on the regulations and protection relating to Digital Archives and its licensing issues in Taiwan. The legal issues of Digital Archives include the intellectual property rights, the preservation of cultural assets and the requirement of open access concerning the governmental information. In the licensing and applications part, it discusses the value-added system and its application model. The trading mechanism and industrial chain of digital archive industry are also analyzed. Meanwhile, through the notice and analysis on main archive organizations inland and overseas, on market and legislation basis, probing the difficulties encountered as making use of the digital archive materials in Taiwan. And at last, it makes suggestions on amending the legal framework concerning Digital Archives, confirming the right situations of Digital Archives, encouraging licensing industry and promoting Public Licensing for the promotion and more applications of Digital Archives.