婚攝業者遺失影帶之非財產上損害──臺灣高等法院99年度上易字第1147號判決評釋

The Claim of Non-Pecuniary Damages to Videographers Losing Wedding Videos: An Analysis and Review on the Taiwan High Court Decision 99-Shan-Yi-Tze No.1147 Civil Judgement (2010)

本文探討婚攝業者遺失婚攝影帶，致新人無法保存一生一次之婚禮婚宴回憶，是否得請求非財產上損害賠償。本件判決及其原審判決，雖均採否定見解，然筆者以為民法第195條第1項中的「其他人格法益」，應包含「紀錄回憶的人格法益」或「留念權」。婚攝業者遺失婚攝影帶，係侵害前開人格法益，且侵害情節重大。在婚禮攝影契約之情境中，由婚攝業者賠償新人之非財產上損害，亦不至於對行為自由產生過大衝擊。

This article analyzes and reviews the Taiwan High Court decision 99-Shan-Yi-Tze No.1147 civil judgement (2010). the Taiwan High Court rejected an appeal that the bride and groom claimed non-pecuniary damages to the videographer losing wedding videos. I argue that judges should not close floodgates on claims. In my opinion, “another personality” in Article 195, Paragraph 1 of Taiwan Civil Code should include “the personality of recording memories (hereinafter “the Rights to Memento”). When videographers lose wedding videos, he(she) not only breach the contract, also damage “the rights to Memento” of brides and grooms in a severe way. Therefore, according to Article 195, Paragraph 1 of Taiwan Civil Code, the injured brides and grooms may claim reasonable compensation in money to videographers.