On the Boundary for Criminal Sanctions on Network One-Sided Accomplice Crimes and a Discussion of the “Qvod Player” Case

According to the criminal law, the Chinese legislation has taken extremely cautious standpoint towards to the one-sided accomplice crime. The alienation of the network joint crime has led the one-sided accomplice crime into continuous theoretical and legislative difficulties. A series of judicial interpretation and legislative changes as contour-measures have been established to initiate the survival scope of one-sided accomplice crime have taken shape. Network operators and service providers who bear statutory safety management obligations violate those obligations knowingly and have further brought about considerable risk or serious harm. Substantial penalty is necessary for irresponsible and illegal mismanagement by the web service providers. The thresholds of punishment towards to the network one-sided accomplice crime should be limited and restrained by reasonably distinguishing normal business behavior from dangerous behaviors based on full consideration of subjective and objective criminal elements simultaneously. The prosecution of “Qvod Player” Case has vividly confirmed the actual judicial demand for punishing network one-sided accomplice.