论网络服务提供者的版权审查义务

On the Copyright Examination Obligations of Internet Service Providers

规定网络服务提供者承担一定的版权审查义务,可以有效遏制网络版权侵权现象的发生。我国法律虽然没有明文规定版权审查义务,但通过对避风港规则运行效果的考察可以发现,由于避风港规则内部的体系失调和外部的效力冲突,审查义务已经先于立法产生。网络服务提供者应当承担的审查义务具体包括特殊的事前审查义务和事后审查义务,在规定网络服务提供者版权审查义务的同时,考量网络用户明知盗版仍多次下载的法律责任,从而实现网络版权侵权的全过程多元治理。

Stipulating that internet service providers should undertake certain copyright examination obligations can effectively curb the occurrence of internet copyright infringement.Although the law of our country does not explicitly stipulate the duty of copyright examination,through the investigation of the operation effect of the safe harbor rules,we can find that due to the internal system imbalance and external effect conflict of the safe harbor rules,the duty of copyright examination has come before the legislation.The censorship obligations that internet service providers should undertake include special precensorshipobligations and post censorship obligations.While stipulating the copyright examination obligations of internet service providers,we should also consider the legal liability of internet users who knowingly download for many times,so as to realize a multiple governance of the whole process of internet copyright infringement.