Research On Legal Protection Of International Civil Remote Sensing Satellite Data

With the advent of high-resolution remote sensing satellite data and the constant commercialization of civil remote sensing satellite data,the application of remote sensing data has gotten more and more widely,and both of the cross-border transmission and the cross-border trade of remote sensing satellite data have also increased significantly.The civil remote sensing satellite data is uniquely valuable in the public domain of disaster prevention,resource management,map drawing and commercial development.However,the abuse and infringement of international civil remote sensing satellite data become more and more frequent due to the lack of systematic and perfect application standards.The data rights and interests of remote sensing subjects need to provide protection by law.At present,there are still many defects in the legal protection of international civil remote sensing satellite data,which can only be protected unilaterally according to the international legal rules related to remote sensing activities,the agreement between the rights and interests of remote sensing data and the international legal rules related to data protection.However,there is no uniform,perfect and binding legal protection standard for remote sensing satellite data in the world,and the existing soft law provisions are also unclear.Many countries protect remote sensing data through government control,which also limits the further circulation and application of data.On the basis of the principle of the common heritage of humans,outer space can be freely used,civil remote sensing satellites can be located anywhere to obtain data information and have some corresponding rights to the data they acquire.However,the acquisition of data on the territory under the jurisdiction of the remote-sensing state also has an impact on the national sovereignty of the remote-sensing state.In addition,the development of remote sensing capability and economic level of the international community is unbalanced,which makes countries pursue different interests and needs in the field of remote sensing data.The interests of different types of data that need to be protected are also different,all of which hinder the realization of the legal protection of remote sensing satellite data.Therefore,in order to improve the legal protection of international civil remote sensing satellite data,it is necessary to further update and improve the international treaties,standardize the Principles of Remote Sensing,and on the basis of which,binding international remote sensing laws and regulations shall be formed,the rights and interestsof remote sensing data of all parties shall be clarified,responsibility identification and dispute resolution shall be standardized,and an international supervision platform shall be established.Moreover,under the bilateral mechanism,we can set up a special legal protection framework for different data,protect the rights of non-copyright data by using the database,set up copyright protection for creative databases,and preserve special sensitive data by using business secrets.At the same time,the principle of remote sensing satellite data protection should be clearly defined,namely,we should adhere to the principle of national sovereignty,safeguard the interests of developing countries and promote the principle of data flow.