Research On Legal Issues Of Online Game Live Broadcasting In China

With the rapid development of information technology and the construction of rule of law,the online game live broadcasting industry has put forward new objective requirements for the supply of relevant policies and regulations.The latter is obviously difficult to adapt to the development and change of the online game live broadcasting industry.As a specific form of online live broadcasting,online game live broadcasting refers to the activities that live broadcasters(game anchors)transmit online game operation pictures and interact with audiences in real time through the online live broadcasting platform.China’s online game live broadcasting mainly includes three parties:the supervisor of online game live broadcasting-the government,the behavior subject of online game live broadcasting-the host and the disseminator of online game live broadcasting-the platform.There are many legal problems to be solved urgently in China’s online game live broadcasting activities,which can be summarized as three levels: blurred boundaries of self-discipline of live broadcasting actors,lack of self-discipline norms of communication platform and insufficient heteronomy mechanism of supervisors.Specifically,there are the following legal problems: firstly,at the level of online game anchor,there is a problem of unclear tax boundaries and inconsistent employment requirements;secondly,at the level of online game live broadcast platform,there are The lack of electronic copyright protection mechanism and the lack of cooperation and supervision of the live broadcast platform;thirdly,at the level of online game live broadcasting supervision,there are gaps in governmentsupervision and management norms.The problems of unclear powers and responsibilities of the main body of government supervision and backward technical methods of government supervision are discussed.In order to realize the legalization of online game live broadcasting,we should start from the two dimensions of autonomy and heteronomy,take the construction of online game live broadcasting industry norms and strengthening self-discipline as the basis,and ultimately take the improvement of online game live broadcasting government regulatory system as the core,and build a comprehensive regulatory system of online game live broadcasting.Firstly,to solve the legal problems of online game live broadcasting,we need to build the industry norms of online game host and improve the management mechanism of the industry.Secondly,on the basis of perfecting the self-discipline of the online game anchor industry,it is necessary to strengthen the protection of electronic copyright and establish cooperative supervision of the live broadcasting platform.Finally,we should improve the supervision system of online game live broadcasting.Specifically,we should go hand in hand from three aspects: strengthening the systematic construction of supervision law,improving the allocation of powers and responsibilities of supervision subjects,and promoting the reform and innovation of supervision technology.