[科技政策] ISP法 民事免責過關

[科技政策] ISP法 民事免責過關

立法院於四月二十一日三讀通過著作權法修正草案，未來 ISP（Internet Service Provider，網路服務提供者）業者要把「三振條款」列入契約，只要使用者被抓到三次侵權，ISP 業者就可以終止該使用者全部或部分服務，例如中止連線或是除去使用者的帳號。

著作權法修正草案被稱為「ISP法案」，主要因為網路侵權氾濫，權利人認為提供網路平台的 ISP 業者也要負起部份責任，為了劃清責任界線，ISP 法規範ISP 業者只要遵守「通知／取下」（Notice & TakeDown）原則，就可以免除民事賠償責任。也就是說，只要 ISP 業者接到權利人通知某網頁疑似侵權，ISP 業者就要立即取下，藉此免除民事賠償責任，否則可能會被認為協助使用者侵權，包括 Hinet、Seednet 等 ISP 業者都受到規範。不過，如果該網頁使用者自認沒侵權，只要提出「回復通知」給 ISP 業者，由 ISP 業者將該通知轉寄給權利人，權利人就必須在十天內提出採取法律行動的證明；如果權利人無法提出，ISP 業者就得在14天內恢復網頁，以保障使用者權益。

至於三振條款，則是參考法國、韓國等國的規定，只要使用者被權利人發現侵權三次，就可以通知 ISP 業者終止使用者全部或部分服務。未來 ISP 業者與使用者簽約時，都要把三振條款列入，甚至可以訂得更嚴苛，都不違法。

值得一提的是，此法案旨在設定一個系統，以期某種積極意義的教育效果，且減低司法資源與成本的浪費。智慧局接下來要展開對 ISP 業者的宣導，同時要跟智慧財產法院溝通，為未來法院認定侵權的工作作前置準備。


資訊來源：
聯合新聞網 2009/04/22
智慧財產局新聞稿 2009/04/21


[Sci-Tech Polocy] ISP Liability Bill Completed Third Reading at the Legislative Yuan on April 21

Legislative Yuan has completed the third reading of the amendment to the Copyright Act on 21st-Apr., 2009. Under the law, ISP (Internet Service Provider) will have to include the so-called “three-strikes rule” in the contract, normalizing the rule that as long as a user has trice been identified as committing a tort, ISP can by law terminate all or part of the service, such as disconnect or omit the user's account.

The amendment to the Copyright Act is generally called “ISP Act.” In recent years, increasingly rampant Internet lucrative infringements are putting a severe blow on the protection of copyright. The copyright obligees believes ISP companies are also responsible for the issue, and then urge for the law. In order to draw a clear line of responsibility, ISP Law regulates the ISP companies' condition of liability limitation: as long as the service provider follows the principle of “Notice & Takedown,” the condition is satisfied. That is, in so far as an ISP company takes down the content out of a tort immediately when received the claim by the obligee, the ISP company is clear off its duty, or otherwise will be taken as assisting the infringement activity. However, if the service user retorts the claim of the obligee and submits some notification documents to the ISP company claiming that the referred materials were not involved in infringement, the ISP company has to forward the documents to the obligee. If the obligee cannot give valid proof for his or her claim within ten days, the ISP company has to recover the content on the page within fourteen days to protect the user's right.

The making of the three-strikes rule is consulted with the relevant regulations in France and Korea. If an user is trice claimed in infringement, his or her right will be ceased by the ISP company under the urge of the copyright owner. In the future, the contract between the ISP company and the user has to include the three-strike rule. The rule can be made even stricter without violating the law.

Worth mentioning is that the law sets a system for some positive educational effect while at the same time helps reduce legal costs and resources. The Intellectual Property Office is about to promote the idea of the law among the ISP companies, and at the same time communicates with the Intellectual Property Court getting the court prepared for the possible infringement adjudications in the future.


Further Information:
UDN.com News 2009/04/22 (Chinese)
Intellectual Property Office Newsletter 2009/04/21



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