侵犯著作权罪中“复制发行”的司法认定

Judicial Determination of“Copying and Distributing”in the Crime of Copyright Infringement

《刑法》第217条规定了“复制发行”是侵犯著作权罪四种行为方式之一,这也是实务中该罪最常见的行为方式。然而,复制行为与发行行为的定义仍有较大争议,特别是随着网络在人们生活中扮演着愈发重要的角色,复制发行的行为方式发生了很多变化,一系列新的法律问题也随之产生。不仅如此,由于该法律条文中“复制发行”间没有标点符号,故此前复制行为与发行行为间应是选择还是结合关系不甚明晰,理论上也存在多种观点。但此后最高院出台多条司法解释明确了两者之间关系。但关于复制发行的司法认定,仍存在众多司法争议需要进一步的讨论。

Article 217 of the Criminal Law stipulates“copying and distributing”is the objective aspect of the crime of copyright infringement.One of the ways of behavior,this is also the most common behavior in the practice of copyright infringement.However,the definition of copying behavior and distribution behavior is still controversial,especially as the network plays an increasingly important role in people's lives.The methods of copying and publishing and the form of original works have undergone many changes,a series of new The legal problems also arise.Not only that,because there is no punctuation between the“copy and issue”in this article,it is not clear whether the previous copying behavior and the issuing behavior should be a choice relationship or a combination relationship.There are also many viewpoints in theory.However,since then,a number of judicial interpretations have been issued,so the relationship between the two behaviors is now relatively clear.However,there are still many judicial disputes that require further discussion on the judicial determination of reproduction.