网络时代著作权与个人信息保护之冲突

A Paper on the Conflict between Copyright and Personal Information Protection in the Era of Internet

许多网站的用户或有意或无意地在网络上传大量未经著作权人授权的作品,导致盗版侵权现象在互联网时代格外凸显。另一方面,随着国家大力推行网络实名制以及许多网站采取手机号码注册网站账户等方式,各大网站掌握有上传作品用户的个人信息。在同样重视公民个人信息保护的今天,著作权的权利人或者相关公权力机构等,能否以查处盗版、保护著作权等名义要求网站提供上传作品用户的个人信息并以此主张权利、提起诉讼,或者对其行为进行监控,进而为诉讼提供证据等。如果规定网站在这种情况下有责任将未经授权上传侵权作品用户的一系列个人信息公开,那么他们的个人信息安全可能会出现危机,但如果过分强调个人信息的保护,著作权的保护又会受到影响。

Nowadays many internet users intentionally or unintentionally upload a large number of unauthorized works on the Internet so that piracy violations are particularly prominent in the era of Internet.With the implementation of the Internet real-name by the state and the use of cell phone numbers to register Internet accounts,the major websites have the personal information of the users who upload the works.However,personal information protection is also attached great importance.Under such circumstances,can the copyright holders or related public authorities in the name of punishing piracy and copyright protection require the websites to provide personal information of the users who upload works and thereby claim rights,conduct prosecutions or monitor their behaviors to provide proof for the lawsuit?Provided the websites are required to make public the personal information of the users who have uploaded the infringing works,their personal information security might be in danger.But if we overemphasize the protection of personal information,the copyright protection will be affected.The paper is intended to explore the problem and puts forward approaches to it.