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我国网络著作权的司法保护问题研究
The Research on Judicial Protection of the Network Copyright in China
【作者】 刘飞;
【导师】 吕凯;
【作者基本信息】 天津大学 , 法学, 2014, 硕士
【摘要】 网络著作权作为一种新型著作权,指的是在网络环境下,著作权人及相关权利人对网络文学、艺术和科学作品依法享有的一系列专有权利。与传统著作权相比,网络著作权有着一些独特之处,如专有性大幅降低,地域性消失殆尽,作品表现形式数字化,“发行权一次用尽”原则的适用存在障碍等。如今,随着网络的大范围普及,网络著作权侵权行为和纠纷案件越来越多,且案件的类型也日趋复杂,这给著作权司法保护带来了巨大的挑战。因此,在这种严峻的现实情况下,进一步完善网络著作权的司法保护体系,对保障著作权人合法权益和社会公共利益,推进文化事业的繁荣和发展具有重大意义。对于网络著作权,我国在民事、刑事和行政方面均颁布实施了一系列法律法规和司法解释,为其司法保护提供了一定的法律依据。但是,由于相关法律依据较为分散且存在着一定的滞后性,加之有关研究还不是很全面、系统,使得我国在对网络著作权案件尤其是这类民事案件进行司法保护的过程中出现了诸多的问题,如案件大多由中级人民法院管辖,且地域管辖规则欠合理,导致诉讼成本较高,司法效率降低;诉讼中采用一般举证责任规则,权利人取证、举证困难,不利于维权;因单一适用过错责任原则,加之“避风港”规则本身存在缺陷,导致权利人难以及时追责,维护自身权利;而相关法律欠缺惩罚性赔偿规定,法定赔偿标准又不尽合理,致使网络著作权侵权成本较低,难以有效抑制侵权行为的发生。针对以上问题和不足,本文采用理论和实证分析相结合的研究方法,在阐述网络著作权相关法学理论和司法保护现状的基础上,从改善司法管辖规则、取证举证规则、损害赔偿制度和侵权归责制度等几个方面,提出了完善我国网络著作权司法保护体系的建议。
【Abstract】 As a new type of copyright, the network copyright refers to a series of exclusiverights with regard to literature,artistic and scientific works in the network environment,which is owned by the copyright owners or the related holders.Compared with thetraditional copyright,the network copyright has some unique features such as greatlyreduced specificity, disappearing territoriality,digitalized form of works and thedifficulty of application of the doctrine of first sale. Nowadays, with the widepopularity of the Internet,there are more and more torts and disputes about thenetwork copyright,and the types of cases also become more complicated. As a result,itraises a huge challenge to the judicial protection of copyright. Therefore,improvingthe system of the judicial protection of network copyright is of greatsignificance,helping to safeguard the legitimate rights and the common interests of thesociety and to promote the prosperity and development of cultural undertakings.For the network copyright, China has promulgated and implemented a series oflaws and regulations,and issued a train of judicial interpretations in civil、criminaland administrative aspects, which provide certain legal basis for judicial protection.However, due to the dispersion and lag of relevant laws, and the relevant incompleteand unsystematic researches, many problems arise in network copyright cases,especially in the process of judicial protection on this kind of civil cases, such asmost cases are under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people’s court and theterritorial jurisdiction rules are not so reasonable which result in high litigation costsand lower judicial efficiency; it`s difficult for obligee to obtain and present evidenceby adapting the general rules of burden of proof in litigation, which against rightsprotection; applying fault responsibility principle only and the deficiencies of safeharbor rule make it difficult for obligee to pursue legal responsibilities in time andsafeguard their rights. Besides, the relevant laws lack punitive damages and the legalcompensation standard is not so reasonable, so the network copyright infringementcost is low, and the infringement acts couldn’t be effectively inhibited. On the basis ofexposition of the legal theory of the network copyright and the judicial protectionstatus and by adopting the theoretical and empirical analysis methods, this paper put forward some suggestions on completing the judicial protection system of networkcopyright, to solve the above problems and the insufficiency of laws from severalaspects, such as improving the judicial jurisdiction rules and the proof rules,perfecting the damage compensation system and the imputation system.