Research On Reputation Right Infringement In Cyberspace

People all over the world can communicate online as the internet develops. It has been quite convenient for people to send, exchange and get useful information they want from the chatting room, BBS, BLOG, Email and so on. The internet has also become the heaven for the injustice exposers because of its convenience, anonymity and wide coverage. The injustice exposers are the group of people who put up the unfair or illegal facts online. The action of the injustice exposers, on one hand, shows the freedom of opinion supported by the Constitution and people's legal consciousness. On the other hand, however, it brought in some new problems, such as reputation infringement. Reputation infringement in cyberspace is a difficult legal problem all over the world. Up to now, other countries just deal with reputation infringement in cyberspace according to the way they do with the traditional one.The thesis discusses in details on the definition, properties, components, liabilities of cyberspace reputation infringement in order to offer some useful suggestions on improving the protection of cyberspace reputation. The full text can be totally divided into four chapters:Chapter 1 briefly introduces the definitions and contents for the injustice exposers and cyberspace reputation infringement as well as the legal basis for injustice exposing. Chapter 2 introduces the common and special components as the criteria for judging whether an action infringes the cyberspace reputation right or not. Chapter 3 discusses the liabilities on reputation infringement in cyberspace, by describing the subject concerned, principles for acknowledging responsibility, civil responsibility, defenses to the cyberspace reputation infringement. Chapter 4 finally introduces the legal protection on cyberspace reputation right based on former chapters and China's current legislation.This thesis tries to analyse the problem of injustice exposing , mainly on its legal basis and its illegality. The injustice exposers should draw a clear distinction between legal and illegal actions while they excise their rights and perform their duty on supervising. Meanwhile, I also hope this thesis can offer some useful advice for improving of our protection on cyberspace reputation right in China.