Research On The Legal Problems Of Free-rider Behavior In Internet Unfair Competition

With the rapid development of the Internet,the number of Internet users has been increasing,which has also led to the development of many emerging Internet industries.Many operators have begun to expand their business on the Internet.In order to obtain more benefits,some operators have taken illegal measures.The unfair competition of the Internet has followed,and it has become more and more fierce.Internet free-rider behavior is a typical one.It is more and more frequently appears in the current market competition,and the resulting litigation is not a minority.Compared with the traditional free-rider behavior,because the Internet is concealed,virtual,and interactive,Internet free-rider behavior often causes more serious damages,including economic losses of the infringed person,damage to business reputation,destruction of market order and so on.As long as there is a market,there will be competition.Benign competition between market competitors can promote the market to move forward,and the unfair competition behavior will destroy the market competition order.In order to maintain the benign operation of the Internet competition market,in addition to operators who are consciously abiding by the law,legal regulation is also necessary.In the regulation of Internet free-rider behavior,we need to find out the legal problems in time and improve them.Although in the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law,the legislators specifically regulate the use of the network for business operations.But in practice,it is still difficult to deal with Internet free-rider behavior.There are still many problems in determining whether it constitutes an Internet free rider.This paper cuts into the first live dispute of the national e-sports game,and analyzes three legal issues of free-rider behavior in Internet unfair competition: the lack of legislation on Internet free-rider behavior,the lack of law enforcement system,and imperfection of judicial process.Then this paper give corresponding legal suggestions for improvement.