论计算机软件最终用户的法律责任

软件最终用户问题是科技发展给著作权领域带来的一个挑战。为了协调软件著作权人与最终用户之间的利益平衡,构建和谐的软件使用秩序,应当追究最终用户使用侵权软件的法律责任。而解决软件最终用户问题的理论依据应为“拟制说”,而不是“复制说”。在界定软件侵权时,应区分营利单位、政府机关、公益单位和个人,应区分在业务上使用和私人使用,还应区分善意用户和恶意用户,根据不同的情况令使用盗版软件的最终用户受到不同的法律待遇。

On the Legal Responsibility of Computer Software End-users

With the development of technology,the issue of responsibility of computer software end-users is becoming a challenge to China's legislation on copyright law.To maintain the balance between the public interest and the interest of composers,end-users should be responsible for using piratic software.To solve the problem of responsibility of computer software end-users,we should adopt the theory of supposition and make different end-users take the different legal responsibilities.