偽造油畫犯罪者及偽畫拍賣者之刑事責任分析

Criminal Liabilities of the Oil Painting Counterfeiter and the Auctioneer

本文擬分析偽造油畫犯罪者及拍賣偽畫仲介公司可能涉及的犯罪行為及其刑事責任，偽畫製作者基於不同犯意應負的法律責任，可能包括：《刑法》第339條之詐欺罪與第210條之偽造私文書罪、或著作權法第91條第2項之意圖銷售重製侵權罪或第93條之侵害著作人格權罪等；拍賣偽畫公司基於不同犯意應負的法律責任，則可能包括：《刑法》第339條之詐欺罪與第216條之行使偽造私文書罪或第210條之偽造私文書罪、或著作權法第91條之1第2項之明知係侵害著作權之重製物而散布或意圖散布而公開陳列或持有罪、或第93條之侵害著作人格權罪等。

This study is an analysis of the criminal liabilities of the oil painting counterfeiter and the auctioneer. Any oil painting counterfeiter who forged, or fraudulently altered, an oil painting is liable to be punished for Offenses of Fraudulent and Offences of Forging Instruments or Seals under Articles 339 and 210 of the Criminal Code. The oil painting counterfeiter who infringed on the economic rights of another person by means of reproducing a work without authorization or infringed on the author's moral rights may be punished under Article 91 or 93 of the Copyright Act. Any auctioneer who was involved with the counterfeit oil painting and its sale may be punished for Offenses of Fraudulent under Article 339, and may be punished in accordance with the provisions relating to the forging or altering of documents, to making a false entry, or to causing a false entry to be made under Article 216 or Article 210 of the Criminal Code. They may also be punished under Article 91 or 93 of the Copyright Act if they infringed on the economic rights of another person by means of reproducing the work without authorization, or when they infringed on the author's moral rights.