Criminal Liability in Copyright Infringement through Website-Based Distribution of Art Works: The Boundary between Legal and Illegal Sharing
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Keywords

Crime of Infringing Copyright
Legal Sharing
Website Construction
Film, Television and Music Works

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林咨. (2025). Criminal Liability in Copyright Infringement through Website-Based Distribution of Art Works: The Boundary between Legal and Illegal Sharing. International Theory and Practice in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(4), 464–477. https://doi.org/10.70693/itphss.v2i4.589
Received 2025-03-11
Accepted 2025-04-19
Published 2025-04-28

Abstract

在数字时代,在线内容共享的盛行模糊了版权侵权犯罪和合法共享之间的界限。侵犯著作权犯罪的认定面临互联网发展带来的牟利动机多样、传统危害评估方法在数字背景下不适用、网络环境隐蔽导致取证困难、网络通信中“复制”和“分发”定义模糊等挑战。同时,合理使用法规下的合法共享存在边界不明确、不可预测和司法适用不一致等实际问题。本文分析了侵犯著作权犯罪的要件、合理使用条款,并以基于网站的电影、电视和音乐传播为例。报告得出的结论是,准确界定这些界限对于保护版权所有者、促进文化产业和规范在线活动至关重要。不断完善法律应用对于平衡版权保护和公众获取知识、确保版权领域的公平性至关重要。

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