Determination Of Copyright Infringement Liability Of Internet Information Service Providers

With the rapid development of science and technology, the gap between the copyright system and the real life is increasing, but it also makes the game between the two intensified. In particular, the continuous development of Internet technology, resulting in a variety of copyright infringement issues, as the main force of the Internet industry, Internet information service providers naturally become the focus of the regulation of copyright law. There are two focus of controversy in copyright dispute case between the plaintiff A Culture Communication Company and the defendant B Internet Information Service Company and C Internet News Center and D Consulting Company are two. First,wether B company involved in the play behavior is a tort; the second is wether defendant C center and B company constitute a joint tort. To determine whether an action constitutes a direct infringement of the right to network dissemination of information, first of all, it is necessary to define the behavior of the works,and then combine the characteristics of the new technology to determine whether it belongs to the information network dissemination behavior. If the behavior constitutes a direct infringement, then it is further determined whether or not to constitute a joint tort with others. Company B involved in this case player conduct did not constitute direct infringement, but rather a deep link behavior, and the company B and the C center does not constitute contributory infringement. Haidian District people's court found B company constitute direct infringement, determination of B and C center bear joint tort liability practices defect.