论互联网传播的自由与规制——以ACTA对“网络中立”从对立到妥协的视角

2011年10月1日,美国、日本等国宣布签署《反假冒贸易协议》(ACTA),其严苛的条款和严厉的惩罚机制引起国际社会的高度关注,尤其引人瞩目的是有关数字环境下的知识产权问题,触及到互联网自由和传播权的平等原则,并与美国近年来立法热点"网络中立"之间产生严重冲突和矛盾。本文结合相关法案文献和资料,分析ACTA的立法进程和立法价值,对其争议问题进行深度剖析,并梳理和还原ACTA从背叛网络中立到最终在事实上妥协的过程,为我国传播学界进一步研究数字环境下的知识产权问题提供有益参考。

Freedom and Regulation of Network Communication: A Perspective of ACTA from Betrayal to Compromise to Network Neutrality

On October 1, 2011, the United States, Japan and other countries signed the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (ACTA).Terms of its stringent and severe punishment mechanism arouse the international community’s attention. Especially the intellectual property issues in digital environment, touching on the spread of Internet freedom and the right to equality, and generating serious conflicts and contradictions with the U.S. legislation "network neutrality". This paper analyzes the ACTA’s legislative process and value, discusses the controversial issues, explores the process of ACTA from betrayal to compromise to network neutrality, provides a useful reference to internet intellectual property rights.