数字时代著作权刑法保护的机制向度——兼论从回应到预防的范式演变

通过对著作权犯罪立法规范与司法适用的实证考察发现,我国以往灭火式被动回应的刑法规制存在着过度扩张解释违反罪刑法定的基本原则、滞后的立法无法实现著作权的全面保护等弊端。数字时代著作权的刑法保护理念应进行从被动回应到主动预防的范式转换,保护范围应从关注核心到覆盖边缘。完善路径是在司法层面上,区分不同类型的网络服务提供商进行规制;在立法层面上,应对商业性提供规避手段的“预备行为”进行犯罪化,增设“向他人提供非法规避技术保护措施的设备、服务罪”。

The Mechanism Direction of Copyright Criminal Law Protection in The Digital Age:On The Paradigm Evolution From Response to Prevention

Through the empirical study of the legislative norms and judicial application of copyright crime,it is found that the previous passive response of fi re-fi ghting criminal law in China has some disadvantages,such as excessive expansions to explain the violation of the basic principles of legality,lagging legislation can not achieve the comprehensive protection of copyright and so on.In the digital age,the concept of criminal law protection of copyright should change from passive response to active prevention,and the scope of protection should be from the core to the edge of coverage.On the judicial level,we should distinguish different types of network service providers for regulation;on the legislative level,we should criminalize the"preparatory behavior"of providing commercial means of circumvention,and add"equipment and Service Crime of illegally providing technical protection measures to others"