美国涉外互联网版权侵权案件的管辖确定、法律适用与应诉策略

Jurisdiction,Extraterritorial Law Application,and Litigation Strategy on Online Copyright Infringement Cases in the U.S.

近年来,国内互联网产业迅速发展,诸多中国互联网企业在美国开展业务,并通过互联网跨境向位于美国境内的用户提供内容服务,由此增加了企业在美国因版权侵权被诉的风险。而美国法院在涉外互联网侵权案件的管辖、法律适用、以及侵权行为发生地判定等问题上有拥有一套相对复杂的规则,且不断随网络技术与商业模式的发展而变化,增加了国内企业应对纠纷的难度。本文旨在厘清美国法院涉外互联网案件管辖原则的演进与变化,澄清美国版权法的域外效力问题,释明美国法院对互联网版权侵权行为地判断的最新标准,为国内互联网企业在美国应对跨境互联网版权侵权诉讼提供指引与参考。

In recent years,with the rapid development of the domestic Internet industry,many Chinese Internet companies are launching their business in the United States and providing content services to users located in the United States through the Internet.This increases the risk of companies being sued for copyright infringement in the United States.On the other hand,American courts have a set of relatively complicated rules on j urisdiction,application of copyright law and determination of the place where the infringement takes place,which also consta ntly change with the development of network technology and business model.This has greatly increased the difficulty of Chinese companies to deal with disputes.The purpose of this paper is to clarify the extraterritorial application issue of U.S.copyright law,describe the evolution and changes of the principle of the long-arm jurisdiction followed by American courts,and explain the latest criteria for judging the place of copyright infringement in order to provide guidance and reference for Chinese Internet companies in the United States to deal with such cross-border Internet copyright infringement litigation.