窃取数字财产的刑法规制

The Criminal Regulation of Stealing Digital Property

技术的发展引起财产形式向数字化转变并使得财产种类更加多元化。根据财产所具有的经济利益产生基础的不同,可以将数字财产分为具有表象经济利益的数字财产和具有真实经济利益的数字财产。虽然财产性利益可为财物概念所容纳,但由于具有表象经济利益的数字财产自身缺乏价值,而无法被评价为刑法上的财物。基于法益保护原则,又在《中华人民共和国刑法》(以下简称《刑法》)第287条的计算机工具主义的立场下,对于窃取具有表象经济利益的数字财产的行为,应形成以纯正计算机犯罪为主,侵犯公民个人信息罪为例外的规制路径。对于窃取具有真实经济利益的数字财产的行为,则应形成以传统犯罪为主,纯正计算机犯罪为补充的规制路径。

The development of technology has led tothe transformation of property forms to digitalization and diversified the types of property.According to the different basis of the economic interests of property,the digital property can be divided into the digital property with apparent economic interests and the digital property with real economic interests.Although property interests can be accommodated by the property,digital property with apparent economic interests cannot be evaluated as property in criminal law because it lacks value.Based on the principle of legal interest protection,and under the position of computerinstrumentalism in Article 287 of the Criminal Law,theactofstealing digital property with apparent economic interestsshouldestablisha regulatory path in which pure computer crime is the main and the crime of infringing on citizens personal information is the exception.As for theact ofstealing digital property with real economic interests,a regulatory path should be formed in which traditional crime is the main and pure computer crime is the supplement.