论网络时代著作权保护的刑民衔接

The Connection between Criminal Law and Civil Law in Internet Copyright Protection

《刑法修正案(十一)》在侵犯著作权罪中新增了信息网络传播的行为类型,然而《著作权法》和《刑法》对该行为的违法性评价不一致,导致司法实践中出现“民刑倒挂”的异常现象。为了更好地实现网络时代著作权保护的刑民衔接,应当采取缓和的违法一元论作为违法性评价的判断立场。在此基础上具体认定信息网络传播型侵犯著作权罪:其一,在传播形式上,侵犯著作权罪仅包含交互式传播而不包含非交互式传播,深度链接行为具有可罚性;其二,在传播范围上,侵犯著作权罪仅包含直接传播行为,提供网络技术服务的间接传播行为不能构成侵犯著作权罪。

A new type of behavior of information network dissemination is added in the crime of copyright infringement in The Criminal Law Amendment(XI).However,the evaluation of the illegality of this behavior in the Copyright Law and the Criminal Law is inconsistent,leading to the phenomenon of“civil criminal inversion”in judicial practice.In order to better achieve the connection between criminal and civil law in the protection of online copyright,the moderating illegal monism should be adopted as the judgment stance for illegality evaluation.On this basis,it is specifically determined that the information network dissemination type copyright infringement crime.Firstly,in terms of dissemination form,the copyright infringement crime only includes interactive dissemination and does not include non interactive dissemination,and deep linking behavior is punishable.Secondly,in terms of dissemination scope,the crime of copyright infringement only includes direct dissemination behavior,and the indirect dissemination behavior of providing network technology services does not fall within the regulatory scope of copyright infringement crime.