定向鏈接網路服務提供者侵犯著作權責任問題研究

On the Liability of Oriented Link Service Provider for Copyright Infringement

定向鏈接是基於鏈接對象的選擇特定化而導致搜索結果鏈接的特定性的一種鏈接形態，在以典型案例為樣本進行分析的基礎上，從基於合同約定進行的定向鏈接與基於自主設定條件進行的定向鏈接兩種情況分別就其產生的法律後果進行剖析。網路服務提供者基於合同約定對侵犯著作權的第三方網站進行定向鏈接構成以分工合作形式實施侵權，承擔連帶責任；基於自主設定條件進行定向鏈接產生唯一的鏈接結果時，網路服務提供者負有對內容的審查義務，未進行審查則主觀上具有過錯，承擔共同的侵權責任。此外，在自主設定條件進行定向鏈接的情形中，就產生N>1個鏈接結果時網路服務提供者應知的判斷進行了探討。

The oriented link is selected based on specific link objects and lead to certain search result links. This paper focuses on two types of oriented links based on the study of typical cases in judicial practice. The oriented link is selected to the third website once which infringe the copyright according to the contract between them will be judged as direct infringement through the cooperative form. When the oriented link is selected based on specific conditions set by his own and lead to the only result, the oriented link service provider should bear the liability of inspection of the contents. If the oriented link service provider does nothing to inspect the content, then it has fault and should bear the joint liability. In addition, this paper discusses whether the oriented link service provider has reason to know the third website infringe the copyright when the search result links are limited to certain number as N.