法学研究
法學研究
법학연구
Cass Journal of Law
2013年
4期
138~159
,共null页
网络服务商 共同侵权 安全港规则 红旗标准
網絡服務商 共同侵權 安全港規則 紅旂標準
망락복무상 공동침권 안전항규칙 홍기표준
internet service provider, indirect infringement, safe-harbor rule, red-flag test
网络服务商共同侵权(间接侵权)制度是影响网络版权秩序最重要的法律规则。在这一领域,美国式的安全港规则居于统治地位。十几年来的网络版权实践表明,安全港规则不合理地降低了网络服务商的注意义务,损害了网络服务商预防第三方侵权的积极性,使得网络盗版泛滥。为了克服安全港规则的制度缺陷,美国和中国的法院被迫限制适用红旗标准或策略性地适用引诱侵权和替代责任规则,结果过度扭曲了网络间接侵权规则。为了改变这一现状,中国在修改著作权法时应当果断地放弃美国式的安全港规则,恢复侵权法一般规则的适用,强化网络服务商的注意义务。
網絡服務商共同侵權(間接侵權)製度是影響網絡版權秩序最重要的法律規則。在這一領域,美國式的安全港規則居于統治地位。十幾年來的網絡版權實踐錶明,安全港規則不閤理地降低瞭網絡服務商的註意義務,損害瞭網絡服務商預防第三方侵權的積極性,使得網絡盜版汎濫。為瞭剋服安全港規則的製度缺陷,美國和中國的法院被迫限製適用紅旂標準或策略性地適用引誘侵權和替代責任規則,結果過度扭麯瞭網絡間接侵權規則。為瞭改變這一現狀,中國在脩改著作權法時應噹果斷地放棄美國式的安全港規則,恢複侵權法一般規則的適用,彊化網絡服務商的註意義務。
망락복무상공동침권(간접침권)제도시영향망락판권질서최중요적법률규칙。재저일영역,미국식적안전항규칙거우통치지위。십궤년래적망락판권실천표명,안전항규칙불합리지강저료망락복무상적주의의무,손해료망락복무상예방제삼방침권적적겁성,사득망락도판범람。위료극복안전항규칙적제도결함,미국화중국적법원피박한제괄용홍기표준혹책략성지괄용인유침권화체대책임규칙,결과과도뉴곡료망락간접침권규칙。위료개변저일현상,중국재수개저작권법시응당과단지방기미국식적안전항규칙,회복침권법일반규칙적괄용,강화망락복무상적주의의무。
Indirect infringement or joint tort liability of Intemet Service Providers (ISPs) is one of the most important rules that heavily influence the legal order in the eyberspace. Since 1998, the so-called safe-harbor rule under the U.S. copyright law has gradually become dominant in this field in many countries. Our law-makers blindly transplanted such rule into China as well. However, the copyright law practices in the United States and China have shown that the safe-harbor rule overly re-duces an ISP' s duty of care therefore eliminates its incentive in preventing third parties' infringing activities, which in turn renders online-infringement policing an impossible mission for most copyright holders. In order to remedy the legislative defect, courts in the U. S. and China choose to restrict the ap- plication of the so-called "red flag" test under the safe-harbor rule, or replace it strategically with the inducement liability or the vicarious liability rules. While these measures do help to suppress rampant online piracy, the price is high, that is, the courts in both countries unnecessarily distort or Balkanize the indirect liability rule in the cyberspaee. Currently, China begins to amend its Copyright Law for the third time. The legislature should abandon decidedly the U.S. version of safe-harbor rule, and re-introduce a general tort liability rule to reinforce an ISP' s duty of care. Under the new rule, once an ISP has obtained a general knowledge of third-parties' infringing activities, it shall take reasonable measures to reduce the risk of infringement as low as reasonably practicable. Failing to do so, the ISP would be held indirectly liable, even if it has no specific knowledge of the direct infringement.