论超链接与网络版权保护——以“中凯公司诉圣战网络案”为例

On Hyperlink and The Protection of Network Copyright——The Case of "ZHONGKAI Co.V.ZHENGZHAN Network"

随着互联网技术的不断发展,作为互联网根本特征之一的超链接技术在给人们快捷地从一个网站到达另一个网站获取信息资源提供方便的同时,也不可避免地形成了对现有版权法律体系的冲击,由超链接技术产生的侵权纠纷层出不穷。然而,超链接是否侵犯版权?版权法能否允许或应该在多大程度上允许超链接的存在?这些,当今世界尚未有明确的法律界定。针对这一现状,该文以超链接所引发的版权侵权问题及超链接中版权的合理使用问题为出发点,结合"中凯公司诉圣战网络"一案,对超连接问题展开初步分析,以求为网络版权的维护提供一些有益的探索。

With the continuous development of Internet technology, as one of the fundamental characteristic of the Internet, hyperlink provide people much convenience to get information resources from one website to another, but it also impacts the present system of copyright law inevitably.The disputes of infringing caused by the use of hyperlink technology are also emerging. However, whether the hyperlink infringes copyright, whether the hyperlink is permitted or not and to which extent it is permitted, unfortunately, no clear answers to these questions can be found in today＇s Copyright law. In response to this situation, the article will give the preliminary analysis on the problems about the infringement and fair use in copyright with ＂Kay Inc. v. jihad network＂ case, to provide some useful exploration for the protection of network copyright.