版权蟑螂现象之法律规制——以法定赔偿制度为视角

Reining in the Copyright Troll——From the Perspective of Statutory Damages

版权蟑螂专门以发起版权侵权诉讼,获取侵权赔偿作为其商业营利模式。我国版权蟑螂尚处于初级阶段,但应以美国版权蟑螂的异化发展为鉴,其通过针对大量网络用户的共同虚名诉讼而获取暴利。版权蟑螂扭曲了版权激励机制,挤压权利缓冲空间而损害社会创新。法定赔偿是版权蟑螂的制度诱因,版权蟑螂通过法定赔偿获得高额利润。法定赔偿应当以补全性原则为首要价值取向,同时应对法定赔偿的适用顺位加之以严格的限制。建议引入以权利信息、行为信息综合评判的法定赔偿层次分析法,从而有效地规制版权蟑螂现象。

The Copyright troll specialized in copyright infringement litigation,claiming for damages from the litigation is its business model.China＇s copyright troll is still in the initial stage,whereas the copyright troll in the U.S.obtain huge profits from the Multi-Defendant John Doe Litigation.This should be served as a reference to China. The copyright troll twisted the incentive mechanism for copyright,squeezed the buffer space for enforcement of copyrights,thus undermined the inducement of social creativity. The Copyright troll in an infringement action elect to receive ＂statutory damages＂actual damages,this system enabled it to obtain huge profits.The scope of statutory damages should be based on the compensatory damages,Only when satisfying the stipulated conditions,the copyright owner could be entitled to elect statutory damages,instead of actual damages and profits. This article suggests the application of analytic hierarchy process to statutory damages,make comprehensive evaluation based on information related to the rights and behaviors. In order to curb the copyright troll,it＇s necessary to set criteria to entitle the priority to statutory damages.