网络环境下侵犯著作权罪的认定

Determination of Crimes against Copyright in Network Environment

网络环境下侵犯著作权犯罪的特殊性,使得我国现行刑事立法及司法面临巨大挑战,因而有必要对侵犯著作权罪的立法及司法认定标准进行反思。我国刑事立法应当将严重侵犯信息网络传播权的行为纳入本罪处罚范围。在定罪标准上,应当取消"违法所得数额较大",并对"其他严重情节"的规定进一步完善,即以侵权作品数量、点击量辅以著作权人的经济损失为定罪依据,"以营利为目的"应当保留并做适当的扩大解释。

The particularity of crimes against copyright in network environment leads to current rules ot criminal and judicial practice facing enormous challenges in China. So it is necessary to make reflection about the rules and identification criteria. Acts of seriously invading the right of communication of information through network should be stipulated in criminal legislation; as for identification criteria, the stipulation of larger amount of illegal income should be canceled and the terms of other serious circumstances should be improved. Namely, the amount of infringing works, the quantity of click on the works and the copyright owner＇ s economics loss should be taken as identification criteria. The stipulation of for - profit should be retained and be given proper expanding interpretation.