快播案:应受惩罚的是作为抑或不作为?

The Case of QvodPlayer:Criminal Offences Committed by Action or by Omission?

快播案中快播公司导致淫秽物品传播的行为属于作为行为的帮助行为、不作为,不属于作为行为的正犯行为。我国的刑事立法、刑事司法规范规制网络服务提供者行为存在两种模式:一是规制网络服务提供者的帮助行为,又分为共犯模式、共犯正犯化模式两种;二是规制网络服务提供者怠于行使阻止犯罪或违法行为的义务,规制该不作为的犯罪行为,又分为从属罪名模式、独立罪名模式。网络服务提供者的作为义务对于已发现的淫秽物品具有法定管理义务,对于未发现的可能是淫秽视频的视频不具有法定管理义务。基于价值判断,快播公司提供快播播放器等软件的行为属于帮助行为,属于不可罚的中立帮助行为,该行为不构成传播淫秽物品罪。无法查明通过快播播放器传播的淫秽视频是否属于快播公司已经发现的淫秽视频,根据事实存疑时有利于被告人的原则,应该推定该部分传播的淫秽视频属于未被发现的淫秽视频,快播公司删除淫秽视频不力行为不构成传播淫秽物品罪。

In the case of QvodPlayer,QvodPlayer Company's action leading to the transmission of obscenity should be regarded as the neutral help behavior of criminal offences committed by action,or criminal offences committed by action.In Chinese criminal legislation and criminal justice,there exist two modes to regulate Internet service providers,behaviors:first,the regulation of aiding behavior of Internet service providers,which consists of two subtypes: accomplice offender and accomplice principal offende;second,the regulation of criminal offences committed by omission of Internet service providers who are reluctant to perform the obligation of preventing criminal or illegal activities,which consists of two subtypes: subordinate crime mode and independent crime mode.As to the obligation committed by action,Internet service providers ought to perform their obligations of lawful management when discovering obscenity while possess no management obligation when discovering no or possible obscenity.Based on the value judgment,QvodPlayer Company’s behavior of providing QvodPlayer software could be judged as the aiding action,or neutral aiding action with no punishment.This behavior could not be judged as crime of obscenity transmission.According to the principle in favor of the accused when existing uncertain facts,the obscenity transmitted by QvodPlayer software which could not be inspected whether it is discovered by QvodPlayer Company or not,could be considered as the undiscovered obscenity videos.The insufficient deletion of obscenity videos of QvodPlayer Company should not be regarded as crime of obscenity transmission.