提供第三方插件行为侵犯软件修改权的证成-以“间接正犯理论的私法构造”为视角

The Demonstration of the Theory on the Behavior of Providing the Third-party Plug-in Has Violated the Right of Revision to Software Owner——From the Perspective of " Private Law Construction of Indirect Accomplice Theory"

著作权合理使用制度在软件著作权保护领域延伸为软件的合法复制品所有人可以对软件进行必要的修改,但必要修改权的行使仅限于软件合法复制品所有人自身的使用行为。"向他人提供具有修改功能插件的行为"与"提供已利用插件进行修改的软件"一样均违背著作权合理使用制度的立法初衷,违背软件开发者的意愿且可能使之遭受重大损失,理应认定为侵权行为。现行司法实务认定提供第三方插件行为属于侵权行为时缺乏说理依据。将刑法学间接正犯理论予以私法构造构建"支配性侵权",可将"利用他人合法行为实施侵权"作为独立的侵权类型,能有效地为知识产权领域诸如提供第三方插件行为、提供影视资源以及百度文库等司法实务疑难问题的解决提供充分的说理依据,从而有效保障著作权人的合法权益。

Because of the Fair use system of copyright, the legal user of the software is free to revise the software for the customer to use. If someone provide the third party plug--in that can change the main program software, this act is same as providing software that has been modi- fied by plug--ins. They are both violated the legislative intention of the system of fair use of copyright. Besides, these acts ignore the will of software developers and it could cause significant losses of the obligee. The existing judicial practice that the behavior of providing third party plug --in regarded as infringement is a lack of reasoning, the indirect accomplice theory in criminal law could be referred into the private law to be formed the ＂instrumental tort theory＂ when take ad- vantage of others~ legitimate acts to commit infringement. We can regard this act as an independ- ent type of infringement. Based on this theory, it stands to reason that the acts can be judged as an infringement such as providing the third party plug--in, the operation pattern of Baidu Wenku and the behavior of providing film and television resources on network platform. Meanwhile, this theory will effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of copyright owners.