网络著作权间接侵权规则的制度重构

Reconstruction of the Rules on the Internet Service Providers’ Copyright Indirect Infringement

随着网络著作权侵权形势的不断严峻,为了打破著作权法定性原则产生的责任追究困境,网络著作权间接侵权规则应运而生。我国现有的网络著作权间接侵权规则体系在科学性和完整性方面存在诸多问题,亟须对其加以制度重构:一方面应当坚持归责体系的一元化制度设计路径,摒弃"避风港规则"等免责规则的适用;另一方面应当厘清共同侵权理论指导下的著作权帮助侵权规则和教唆侵权规则的区别,并通过将《侵权责任法》中的"安全保障义务"规则作为制度接口和适用依据,明确著作权侵权替代责任的独立价值。

As the situation of online copyright infringement is increasingly severe,the copyright indirect infringement rules of the Internet Service Provider came into being for breaking the predicament of accountability produced by the principle of copyright legality. In order to maintain the scientificity and integrity of our Internet Service Provider copyright indirect infringement rules system,we should: on one hand,adhere to the unified system design path of the imputation principle and abandon the application of the exemption principle such as the"safe harbor rules";and on the other hand,clarify the difference between copyright contributory infringement and inducement infringement,and clarify the independent value of copyright vicarious liability on the basis of the rule of"obligation of safety guarantee"in tort law.