随着网络的发展, 互联网可以非常便利的为用户提供信息。很多网站也会在自己的网站内, 以深度链接的形式为用户提供资源的路径指引。深度链接不仅可以帮助用户快速查找并下载网络资料, 还能加速中国网络领域技术的升级。但是, 深度链接也有明显的问题。深度链接存在的主要问题在于, 由于深度链接提供资源过于便利, 在进行深度连接时存在侵权风险。目前, 中国学术界对深度链接行为性质的认定依然没有达成一致意见, 通过网络查询相关资料可以发现, 司法实践中对违法的深度链接行为的处罚大多都是民事处罚。但是, 随着信息化时代的进一步发展, 互联网犯罪也日益猖獗, 民法已经不足以继续限制这一技术对社会造成的恶劣影响。中国十分注意知识产权的刑事法律保护, 但对于新出现的深度链接行为的侵权属性、是否属于犯罪行为、能否以侵犯著作权罪进行规制等问题, 中国法律并没有十分明确的规定。2021年3月1日中国的《刑法修正案(十一)》实施, 中国对知识产权的法律保护有了进一步的完善。但是对于超链接的法律定性, 仍然没有一个明确的规定, 甚至连超链接罪与非罪的定性都十分模糊。超链接是否侵权、是否该入罪、以及侵权的边界等, 学理界尚存在争议, 需要学者们研究并给出合理解释。
本文将从超链接的概念、分类入手, 围绕新型的超链接网络技术的特征, 对其侵权原理进行详细的分析论证, 对其是否需要入罪作深刻探讨。从实际出发, 探索超链接行为的社会影响及其在实际审判过程中遇到的司法问题。通过理论和实践判例的结合, 探索超链接行为侵权规制的司法途径。
The development of the internet has enabled it to provide users with convenient information. Most websites also provide users with a path in the form of Deeplink to help them find the resources which that require it. Deeplink not only provides assistance for users to quickly search for and download materials, but also accelerates the upgrading speed of technology in the Chinese network field. However, there are also obvious issues with deep links, which carries carry the risk of infringement due to the overly convenient availability of resources. At present, the Chinese academic community has not reached a consensus on the identification of the nature of deep link behavior. Through searching relevant information on the Internet, it can be found that the penalties for illegal deep link behavior in judicial practice are mostly civil penalties.
With the further development of the information age and the increasing prevalence of Internet crimes, civil law is no longer sufficient to continue to restrict the pernicious effects of this technology on society. China attaches great importance to the criminal legal protection of Intellectual Property, but there are no clear provisions in Chinese law on the infringing nature of the emerging deep link behaviour, whether it is a criminal behaviour or not, and whether it can be regulated as the Crime of Infringement of Copyright. With the implementation of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China (2020 Amendment Pkulaw Version) in 2021, the legal protection of intellectual property rights in China has been further improved. However, there is still no clear definition of the legal nature of Deeplink, even the definition of crimes and non crimes related to hyperlinks is awfully vague. Whether Deeplink are infringing, whether they should be incriminated, and how the boundary of infringement should be defined are still controversial in the academic community, plus scholars are required to research and provide reasonable explanations.
This paper starts with the concept and classification of Deeplink, focus on the characteristics of the new hyperlink network technology, demonstrate its infringement principle in detail, moreover deeply discuss whether it needs to be criminalized. At the same time, based on a large number of judicial cases, exploring the social impact of Deeplink behavior and the judicial issue encountered in the actual trial process. Through the combination of theoretical and practical jurisprudence, explore the judicial method to regulate the infringement of Deeplink behaviour.