日本著作權保護之立法動向──網頁封鎖法制化及違法下載擴大化

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

本文主要介紹為應對「漫畫村」等盜版漫畫網站和聚合網頁等侵害著作權之行為的新型態，日本著作權法上出現的兩項最新修法動向。其中，網頁封鎖法制化以封鎖一般用戶對盜版網站之訪問為目的，但由於受到表達自由等憲法學觀點之強烈批判而不得不放棄。而違法下載擴大化則雖在文化廳之強勢推動下，在僅三個月的期間內，迅速進展到法案提交前夕，卻經擔憂國民生活影響的學者以及律師等有識之士強烈反對而暫時擱置，目前已開始重新審議。

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.