The Analysis And Countermeasures On Copyright Infringement Caused By P2P

The development of Internet technology brings a deep revolution in the distribution of works. The copyright system, with a history of three hundred years, is challenged by the coming of the media era. Peer-to-peer file swapping has implemented the communion and intercourse among network users, and also provides a completely equal and free network for them. Along with the development of Broad Band technology, peer-to-peer file swapping has been accepted and preferred by more and more network users. On one hand, peer-to-peer file swapping helps a lot in document sharing; but on the other hand, it causes many legal problems as well, especially in copyright area. There are a series of legal problems in contesting chess behavior of relevant interests subject of the P2P technique. In order to solve copyright and relevant problems that P2P caused really, it should be commercialized, the mechanism of the benefits-sharing should be set up and the legal system of relevant copyrights should be perfected. This article discussed the copyright problems induced by Peer-to-Peer(P2P),especially the law practices in domestic and foreign countries on file sharing. It also analyzed the infringement forms induced by the P2P issues. And finally the writer proposed some copyright management countermeasures to the P2P file sharing techniques.