对技术措施直接规避行为构成独立的版权侵权的质疑

Doubt on Constitution of Copyright Infringement of Direct Circumvention of Technological Measure

在WCT和WPPT等国际公约的明确要求下,版权法上对技术措施的反规避保护在许多国家的立法中早已尘埃落定;但对于直接规避技术措施的行为本身能否、应否直接被认定为独立的版权侵权行为这一问题,却鲜有学者深入探讨。我国现行法规定的过于简单很容易导致人们认为:单纯的技术措施直接规避行为即构成一种独立的版权侵权行为或形态。实际上,这种认识是不妥的,不仅在法理上经不起推敲、缺乏缜密论证,在司法实践中也是十分危险且有害的。以域外司法实务为鉴,我国著作权法中的技术措施反规避保护急需重新定位。

The protection provided for Technological Measures is confirmed by copyright law in many countries under the requirement of international conventions such as WCT and WPPT. However, there are few researches on whether circumvention of Technological Measures itself should be considered as copyright infringement. According to the provisions of copyright law of China, it seems that the pure circumvention of Technological Measures would be considered as a type of copyright infringement. In fact, this recognition is not only unreasonable in theory of law but also harmful in judicial practice. Therefore, the protection for anti-circumvention of Technological Measures should be relocated in the system of copyright law reasonably based on the learning of foreign legislation.