On The Safe Harbor Rules In Copyright Infringement

Since the 1990 s,Internet technology has developed dramatically,the number of Internet users has increased rapidly,and all kinds of network services have arisen.As a result the Internet information swells dramatically and leads us into the era of "information explosion".Nowadays,the Internet has become an indispensable part of our daily life.Characteristics of the Internet has made network become the channels from which we accept new things.Internet technology links us together,shares a lot of data and information.Internet brings us convenience,however,traditional copyright system is broken.Before the network information technology appearing,it was a relatively stable state for the traditional copyright system to protect the copyright and did not have too much problems.But the characteristics of internet makes the information dissemination and copying become easy and uncontrollable,the network has become the hardest area of copyright infringement.Internet industry and the development of information technology make our life more convenient,the public have the chance to get more information and share with each other.Because the copyright of the owner has the law to protect and the innovation of human knowledge can be motivated constantly.On the one hand,if impose strict tort liability on the network service provider blindly,it is inevitably to hinder the development of the Internet industry.Knowledge innovation can promote the development of the society,but the value of knowledge is embodied in continuous dynamic exchange and sharing.So only can we get normal static knowledge in the knowledge innovation and dynamic communication,knowledge is more vital.On the other hand if ignoring the protection of the copyright of owner of the network,then it will hinder the process of innovation,and from the long run it is bad for the prosperity of society and culture.In this case,the application of the rules of "safe harbor" in a scientific way not only can effectively deal with the network copyright infringement cases,protects the interests of the copyright owner,motivates their knowledge innovation but also can make reasonable limits to the network service provider's responsibility,promote the formation of a good network environment,and realize the development of the Internet industry,what's more the public has the chance to benefit from higher quality information data.Finally it can balance the interests among the copyright owner,the internet service provider and the public in a maximum degree.