A Discussion On Information Product Tort Liability

Looking into the development trend of the law of international product liability, the applicable and instructive information product in circulation area distinguishes from the traditional tangible product, though there has the possibility that the law of product liability rule it.The author considers, for the better consumer protection, it is necessary to identify information product liability as a kind of tort liability.By reasons of information product can be easily copied transmitted, as well as the tort is indirect and incomplete and affects more victims than tangible does, it is difficult to identify the true victims. The article puts forward a rule of reasonable reliance to solve this problem and takes three more steps that are the comparison of the third party in equal status, the comparison of main content and the review in different situation to verify whether the reliance to the information product is reasonable reliance. Based on the core concept of information product defect and the analysis above mentioned, the article has amply expatiated on the necessary components of information product tort liability, the reasons of liability free, and primarily constructed a theory framework of information product tort liability.