日本の著作権保護をめぐる法的動向──サイトブロッキング法制化とダウンロード違法化の拡大

The Movement of Japanese Copyright Law: the Legislation of Website Blocking and the Expansion of Illegal Downloads

本稿?、「漫?村」???漫??海賊版??????????????著作?侵害行為?新態?????????、日本?著作?法?改正動向?紹介???????。????、?????????法制化?、海賊版?????一般?????接??遮???措置?法制化????????、表現?自由??憲法??視????強?批判?受???念????得?????。??、??????違法化??大?、文化??強?姿勢?下????3?月???期間?急速?法案提出直前??進?????、?民生活??影響???懸念??研究者?弁護士???有識者????固??反?????????見送????????、現在審議?再開?????。

This article mainly introduces two latest revisions in Japanese copyright law in response to the new types of copyright infringement such as “Comic Village” as a pirated comic website and aggregator websites. Among them, the legislation of website blocking was aimed at blocking general users' access to pirated websites, but had to give up due to strong criticism from constitutional views such as freedom of expression. The expansion of illegal downloads, despite the strong promotion of the Agency for Culture Affairs that quickly progressed to the eve of the bill's introduction in only three months, was temporarily shelved because of the strong opposition by the scholars and lawyers who were worried about the affect to national life, and now restart the discussion.