网络著作权领域的“避风港原则”解读

Haven Principle in the Field of the Network Copyright Interpretation

"避风港原则"源于美国的《千禧年数字版权法》(DMCA)。集中体现这一原则并旨在减轻网络服务提供者责任,维护正常网络秩序的《信息网络传播权保护条例》却在我国司法实践中频频遇挫,施行效果甚至与初衷背道而驰。这种现象的产生主要是由于对该条例相关要件及其适用的解读存在差异和误区。研究并正确解读该条例所体现的"避风港原则",对于保护当事人民事权利,维护互联网正常秩序以及促进网络著作权的良性发展均有重大的理论价值。

＂Safe haven＂ principle is the result of the digital millennium Copyright Act （DMCA）, embodied the principles and aims to alleviate the network service providers responsibility, maintain normal order of the in- to the regulations of related elements and its applicable interpretation of differences and misunderstanding. Study and correct interpretation of the rules embodied in the ＂safe haven＂ principle, for the protection of the parties to civil rights, maintain normal order in the Internet, and promote the benign development of the net- work copyright has important theoretical value.