Decree of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
No.468
Regulations on Protection of the Right of Communication through
Information Network, adopted at the 135 Executive Meeting of the State
Council on May 10, 2006, are hereby promulgated and shall be effective
as of July 1, 2006.
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Premier, Wen Jiabao
May 18, 2006
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Regulations on Protection of the Right of Communication through
Information Network
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the
Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to
as the Copyright Law) for the purpose of protecting the right of
communication through information network enjoyed by copyright
owners, performers, and producers of sound and video recordings
(hereinafter collectively referred to as right owners), and encouraging the
creation and communication of works conducive to the building of a
socialist society which is advanced ethically and materially.
Article 2 The right of communication through information network
enjoyed by right owners is protected by the Copyright Law and these
Regulations. Any organization or individual that makes another person’s
work, performance, or sound or video recording available to the public
through information network shall obtain permission from, and pay
remuneration to, the right owner, except as otherwise provided for by
laws or administrative regulations.
Article 3 Such works, performances, and sound and video recordings
as are prohibited from being made available in accordance with law are
not protected by these Regulations.
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Right owners, in exercising their right of communication through
information network, shall neither violate the Constitution, laws and
administrative regulations nor impair public interests.
Article 4 Right owners may adopt technological measures in order to
protect their right of communication through information network.
No organization or individual may intentionally circumvent or
sabotage technological measures, or intentionally manufacture, import, or
make available to the public devices or components mainly used to
circumvent or sabotage technological measures, or intentionally provide
other persons with technical services to circumvent or sabotage
technological measures, except where such circumvention is permitted by
laws or administrative regulations.
Article 5 Without permission from a right owner, no organization or
individual may commit any of the following acts:
(1) to intentionally remove or alter any electronic rights management
information attached to a work, performance, or sound or video recording
made available to the public through information network, except that it
is unavoidable for such information to be removed or altered because of
any technical reason; or
(2) to make available to the public through information network a
work, performance, or sound or video recording, knowing or having
reasonable grounds to know that the electronic rights management
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information thereof has been removed or altered without permission from
the right owner.
Article 6 In any of the following cases, another person’s work may be
made available through information network without permission from,
and without payment of remuneration to, the copyright owner:
(1) when a published work is appropriately quoted, for the purpose of
introducing or commenting a certain work or explaining a certain point,
in one’s own work made available to the public;
(2) when a published work is unavoidably included or quoted, for the
purpose of reporting current events, in one’s own work made available to
the public;
(3) when a small quantity of copies of a published work are made
available to a small number of teachers or scientific researchers for the
purpose of classroom teaching or scientific research;
(4) when a published work is made available to the public by a State
organ to a justifiable extent for the purpose of fulfilling its official duties;
(5) when a translation of a published work of a Chinese citizen, legal
entity or any other organization from Han language into a national
minority language is made available to the people of the national minority
in the territory of China;
(6) when a published written work is made available to blind persons
for a non-profit purpose in such particular way that it is perceptible to
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them;
(7) when an article published over information network on current
political or economic topics is made available to the public; or
(8) when a speech delivered at a public gathering is made available to
the public.
Article 7 A library, archive, memorial hall, museum, or art gallery,
and so on may make available to the service recipients on its premises
through information network a digital work in its collection which is
legally published, or a work which is reproduced in digital form for the
purpose of displaying, or preserving copies of, the same work in
accordance with law, without permission from, and without payment of
remuneration to, the copyright owner, provided that no direct or indirect
financial benefit is gained therefrom, unless the parties have agreed
otherwise.
The work reproduced in digital form for display or preservation
purpose, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall be a work of
which a copy in the collection is on the brink of damage or is damaged,
lost or stolen, or of which the storage format is outmoded, and which is
unavailable or only available at a price obviously higher than the marked
one on the market.
Article 8 For the purpose of implementing the plan of nine-year
compulsory education or the plan of national education through
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information network, excerpts from a work, a short written work or
musical work, or a single work of fine arts or photographic work, if
published, may be used to produce courseware which may be made
available to registered students through information network by distance
education institutions which have produced such courseware or have
legally obtained a copy of such courseware, without permission from the
copyright owner, provided that remuneration is paid to the copyright
owner.
Article 9 A network service provider, before making available, free of
charge, to the public in rural areas through information network, for the
purpose of aiding poverty-stricken areas, a published work of a Chinese
citizen, legal entity or any other organization which deals with a topic of
aiding poverty-stricken areas such as cultivation and breeding, prevention
and treatment of diseases, or prevention and reduction of disasters, or
which satisfies the basic needs for culture, shall announce the title of the
work to be made available and the name of its author as well as the rates
of remuneration to be paid. Where the copyright owner raises an
objection to the making available of the said work within 30 days from
the date on which the announcement is made, the network service
provider shall not make the said work available. Where the copyright
owner raises no objection upon expiration of 30 days from the date on
which the announcement is made, the network service provider may
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No financial benefit may be directly or indirectly gained from the
making available of a work in accordance with the provisions of the
preceding paragraph.
Article 10 Where a work is made available to the public through
information network without permission from the copyright owner in
accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, the following
provisions shall be observed:
(1) the work may not be made available if its author has declared in
advance that the making available of the work is not permitted, except in
the cases provided for in subparagraphs (1) to (6) of Article 6 and in
Article 7 of these Regulations；
(2) the title of the work and the name of its author shall be indicated;
(3) remuneration shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of
these Regulations;
(4) technological measures shall be adopted to prevent any person
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the interests
of the copyright owner; and
(5) the other rights enjoyed by the copyright owner in accordance
with law shall not be infringed.
Article 11 Where another person’s performance or sound or video
recording is made available through information network, the provisions
of Articles 6 to 10 of these Regulations shall be observed.
Article 12 In any of the following cases, technological measures may
be circumvented, provided that technologies, devices or components used
to circumvent technological measures are not made available to other
persons, and that the other rights enjoyed by a right owner in accordance
with law are not infringed:
(1) when a published work，performance or sound or video recording
is made available to a small number of teachers or scientific researchers
through information network for the purpose of classroom teaching or
scientific research, and the said work，performance or sound or video
recording is only accessible over information network;
(2) when a published written work is made available to blind persons
through information network for a non-profit purpose in such particular
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way that it is perceptible to them, and the said work is only accessible
over information network;
(3) when a State organ fulfils its official duties in accordance with the
administrative or judicial procedure; or
(4) when a safety test is carried out over information network on a
computer and its system or on such network.
Article 13 In order to investigate and handle an act infringing on the
right of communication through information network, the administrative
department for copyright may request the network service provider to
provide such data as the name, contact means and network address of a
service recipient suspected of infringement.
Article 14 Where a right owner believes that a work, performance, or
sound or video recording involved in the service of a network service
provider who provides information storage space or provides searching or
linking service has infringed on the right owner’s right of communication
through information network, or that the right owner’s electronic rights
management information attached to such work, performance, or sound
or video recording has been removed or altered, the right owner may
deliver a written notification to the network service provider, requesting it
to remove the work, performance, or sound or video recording, or
disconnect the link to such work, performance, or sound or video
recording. The written notification shall contain the following particulars:
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(1) the name, contact means and address of the right owner;
(2) the title and network address of the infringing work, performance,
or sound or video recording which is requested to be removed or to which
the link is requested to be disconnected; and
(3) the material constituting preliminary proof of infringement.
The right owner shall be responsible for the authenticity of the
written notification.
Article 15 A network service provider shall, upon receiving a
notification from a right owner, promptly remove the work, performance,
or sound or video recording suspected of infringement, or disconnect the
link to such work, performance, or sound or video recording, and shall, at
the same time, transfer the notification to the service recipient who makes
available the said work, performance, or sound or video recording. Where
the notification cannot be transferred because the network address of the
service recipient is unknown, the network service provider shall, at the
same time, make the contents of the notification known to the public over
information network.
Article 16 Where a service recipient, upon receiving a notification
transferred from a network service provider, believes that the work,
performance, or sound or video recording made available thereby does
not infringe on the right of another person, the service recipient may
deliver a written explanatory statement to the network service provider,
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requesting it to replace the removed work, performance, or sound or
video recording, or to replace the disconnected link to such work,
performance, or sound or video recording. The written explanatory
statement shall contain the following particulars:
(1) the name, contact means and address of the service recipient;
(2) the title and network address of the work, performance, or sound
or video recording which is requested to be replaced; and
(3) the material constituting preliminary proof of non-infringement.
The service recipient shall be responsible for the authenticity of the
written explanatory statement.
Article 17 Upon receiving a written explanatory statement delivered
by a service recipient, a network service provider shall promptly replace
the removed work, performance, or sound or video recording, or may
replace the disconnected link to such work, performance, or sound or
video recording and, at the same time, transfer the written explanatory
statement delivered by the service recipient to the right owner. The right
owner shall not notify the network service provider anew to remove the
work, performance, or sound or video recording, or to disconnect the link
to such work, performance, or sound or video recording.
Article 18 Where, in violation of the provisions of these Regulations,
an organization or individual commits any of the following acts of
infringement, such organization or individual shall, depending on the
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circumstances, bear such civil liability as ceasing the infringement,
eliminating the bad effects of the act, making an apology, or paying
compensation for losses. Where public interests are impaired, the
administrative department for copyright may order cessation of the act of
infringement, confiscate the illegal gain, and may impose a fine of not
more than 100,000 yuan. If the circumstances are serious, the
administrative department for copyright may confiscate the equipment
such as computers mainly used to provide network service. If a crime is
constituted, criminal liability shall be investigated for in accordance with
law:
(1) to make available to the public through information network
another person’s work, performance, or sound or video recording without
permission;
(2) to intentionally circumvent or sabotage technological measures;
(3) to intentionally remove or alter the electronic rights management
information attached to a work, performance, or sound or video recording
made available to the public through information network; or to make
available to the public through information network a work, performance,
or sound or video recording, knowing or having reasonable grounds to
know that the electronic rights management information attached to such
work, performance, or sound or video recording has been removed or
altered without permission from the right owner;
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(4) to make available to rural areas through information network a
work, performance, or sound or video recording for the purpose of aiding
poverty-stricken areas, beyond the limits as specified, or without paying
remuneration according to the announced rates, or, after the copyright
owner has raised an objection to the making available of the work,
performance, or sound or video recording, without promptly having it
removed; or
(5) to make available through information network another person’s
work, performance, or sound or video recording without indicating the
title of the work, performance, or sound or video recording or the name of
its author, performer or producer of the sound or video recording, or
without paying remuneration, or without adopting technological measures
in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations to prevent any
person other than a service recipient from accessing the said work,
performance, or sound or video recording, or without preventing any act
of reproduction of a service recipient from substantially impairing the
interests of the right owner.
Article 19 Where, in violation of the provisions of these Regulations,
an organization or individual commits any of the following acts, the
administrative department for copyright shall give a warning, confiscate
the illegal gain, and confiscate the devices or components mainly used to
circumvent or sabotage technological measures. If the circumstances are
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serious, the said department may confiscate the equipment such as
computers mainly used to provide network service, and may impose a
fine of not more than 100,000 yuan. If a crime is constituted, criminal
liability shall be investigated for in accordance with law:
(1) to intentionally manufacture, import, or make available to
another person any devices or components mainly used to circumvent or
sabotage technological measures; or to intentionally provide another
person with technical service to circumvent or sabotage technological
measures;
(2) to gain financial benefit from making available through
information network another person’s work, performance, or sound or
video recording; or
(3) to fail to announce the title of a work, performance, or sound or
video recording and the name of its author, performer or producer of the
sound or video recording as well as the rates of remuneration to be paid
before making available the said work, performance, or sound or video
recording to rural areas through information network for the purpose of
aiding poverty-stricken areas.
Article 20 A network service provider which, at the direction of a
service recipient, provides the service of automatic network access, or the
service of automatic transmission of a work, performance, or sound or
video recording made available by the service recipient, and which meets
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the following conditions, bears no liability for compensation:
(1) it does not make any selection of and modification to the work,
performance, or sound or video recording transmitted thereby; and
(2) it makes available the work, performance, or sound or video
recording to anticipated service recipients only, and has prevented any
person other than the anticipated service recipients from accessing the
said work, performance, or sound or video recording.
Article 21 A network service provider which, in order to increase the
efficiency of network transmission, provides the service of automatic
storage of a work, performance, or sound or video recording accessible
from another network service provider, and of automatic making
available of the work, performance, or sound or video recording to
service recipients through a technical process, and which meets the
following conditions, bears no liability for compensation:
(1) it does not make any modification to the work, performance, or
sound or video recording automatically stored;
(2) it does not hinder the original network service provider which
makes available the work, performance, or sound or video recording from
keeping abreast of the information concerning the access by service
recipients to such work, performance, or sound or video recording; and
(3) it automatically modifies, removes, or disables access to the work,
performance, or sound or video recording through a technical process
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when the original network service provider modifies, removes, or
disables access to the same work, performance, or sound or video
recording.
Article 22 A network service provider which provides an information
storage space to a service recipient, thus enabling the service recipient to
make available to the public through information network a work,
performance, or sound or video recording, and which meets the following
conditions, bears no liability for compensation:
(1) it clearly indicates that such information storage space is provided
for the service recipient, and it makes known to the public its name, the
person to be contacted and network address of the network service
provider;
(2) it does not make any modification to the work, performance, or
sound or video recording made available by the service recipient;
(3) it does not know or has no reasonable grounds to know that the
work, performance, or sound or video recording made available by the
service recipient is an infringement;
(4) it does not gain any direct financial benefit from the service
recipient making available the work, performance, or sound or video
recording; and
(5) upon receiving a written notification of the right owner, it removes,
in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, the work,
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performance, or sound or video recording which the right owner believes
to be an infringement.
Article 23 A network service provider which provides searching or
linking service to a service recipient and which, upon receiving a written
notification of the right owner, disconnects the link to an infringing work,
performance, or sound or video recording in accordance with the
provisions of these Regulations bears no liability for compensation;
however, if it knows or has reasonable grounds to know that the linked
work, performance, or sound or video recording is an infringement, it
shall bear the liability for contributory infringement.
Article 24 Where, as the result of the notification of a right owner, a
network service provider wrongly removes, or wrongly disconnects the
link to, a work, performance, or sound or video recording, and thereby
causes losses to service recipients, the right owner shall bear the liability
for compensation.
Article 25 Where, without just cause, a network service provider
refuses or delays the provision of such data as the name, contact means
and network address of a service recipient suspected of infringement, the
administrative department for copyright shall give a warning thereto and,
if the circumstances are serious, confiscate the equipment such as
computers mainly used to provide network service.
Article 26 As used in these Regulations:
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The term “right of communication through information network”
means the right to make available to the public a work, performance, or
sound or video recording, by wire or by wireless means, in such a way
that members of the public may access the said work, performance, or
sound or video recording from a place and at a time individually chosen
by them.
The term “technological measures” means effective technologies,
devices or components used to prevent or restrict browsing or
appreciating a work, performance, or sound or video recording, or
making available to the public through information network a work,
performance, or sound or video recording without permission from the
right owner.
The term “electronic rights management information” means
information which identifies a work, performance, or sound or video
recording and its author, performer or producer or its right owner, or
information concerning the terms and conditions of use of the work,
performance, or sound or video recording, or any numbers or codes
which represent such information.
Article 27 These Regulations shall be effective as of July 1, 2006.
《信息网络传播权保护条例》
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第一条
为保护著作权人、表演者、录音录像制作者（以下统称权利人）的信息网络传播权，鼓励有益于社会主义精神文明、物质文明建设的作品的创作和传播，根据《中华人民共和国著作权法》（以下简称著作权法），制定本条例。
第二条
权利人享有的信息网络传播权受著作权法和本条例保护。除法律、行政法规另有规定的外，任何组织或者个人将他人的作品、表演、录音录像制品通过信息网络向公众提供，应当取得权利人许可，并支付报酬。
第三条
依法禁止提供的作品、表演、录音录像制品，不受本条例保护。
权利人行使信息网络传播权，不得违反宪法和法律、行政法规，不得损害公共利益。
第四条
为了保护信息网络传播权，权利人可以采取技术措施。
任何组织或者个人不得故意避开或者破坏技术措施，不得故意制造、进口或者向公众提供主要用于避开或者破坏技术措施的装置或者部件，不得故意为他人避开或者破坏技术措施提供技术服务。但是，法律、行政法规规定可以避开的除外。
第五条
未经权利人许可，任何组织或者个人不得进行下列行为：
（一）故意删除或者改变通过信息网络向公众提供的作品、表演、录音录像制品的权利管理电子信息，但由于技术上的原因无法避免删除或者改变的除外；
（二）通过信息网络向公众提供明知或者应知未经权利人许可被删除或者改变权利管理电子信息的作品、表演、录音录像制品。
第六条
通过信息网络提供他人作品，属于下列情形的，可以不经著作权人许可，不向其支付报酬：
（一）为介绍、评论某一作品或者说明某一问题，在向公众提供的作品中适当引用已经发表的作品；
（二）为报道时事新闻，在向公众提供的作品中不可避免地再现或者引用已经发表的作品；
（三）为学校课堂教学或者科学研究，向少数教学、科研人员提供少量已经发表的作品；
（四）国家机关为执行公务，在合理范围内向公众提供已经发表的作品；
（五）将中国公民、法人或者其他组织已经发表的、以汉语言文字创作的作品翻译成的少数民族语言文字作品，向中国境内少数民族提供；
（六）不以营利为目的，以盲人能够感知的独特方式向盲人提供已经发表的文字作品；
（七）向公众提供在信息网络上已经发表的关于政治、经济问题的时事性文章；
（八）向公众提供在公众集会上发表的讲话。
第七条
图书馆、档案馆、纪念馆、博物馆、美术馆等可以不经著作权人许可，通过信息网络向本馆馆舍内服务对象提供本馆收藏的合法出版的数字作品和依法为陈列或者保存版本的需要以数字化形式复制的作品，不向其支付报酬，但不得直接或者间接获得经济利益。当事人另有约定的除外。
前款规定的为陈列或者保存版本需要以数字化形式复制的作品，应当是已经损毁或者濒临损毁、丢失或者失窃，或者其存储格式已经过时，并且在市场上无法购买或者只能以明显高于标定的价格购买的作品。
第八条
为通过信息网络实施九年制义务教育或者国家教育规划，可以不经著作权人许可，使用其已经发表作品的片断或者短小的文字作品、音乐作品或者单幅的美术作品、摄影作品制作课件，由制作课件或者依法取得课件的远程教育机构通过信息网络向注册学生提供，但应当向著作权人支付报酬。
第九条
为扶助贫困，通过信息网络向农村地区的公众免费提供中国公民、法人或者其他组织已经发表的种植养殖、防病治病、防灾减灾等与扶助贫困有关的作品和适应基本文化需求的作品，网络服务提供者应当在提供前公告拟提供的作品及其作者、拟支付报酬的标准。自公告之日起30日内，著作权人不同意提供的，网络服务提供者不得提供其作品；自公告之日起满30日，著作权人没有异议的，网络服务提供者可以提供其作品，并按照公告的标准向著作权人支付报酬。网络服务提供者提供著作权人的作品后，著作权人不同意提供的，网络服务提供者应当立即删除著作权人的作品，并按照公告的标准向著作权人支付提供作品期间的报酬。
依照前款规定提供作品的，不得直接或者间接获得经济利益。
第十条
依照本条例规定不经著作权人许可、通过信息网络向公众提供其作品的，还应当遵守下列规定：
（一）除本条例第六条第（一）项至第（六）项、第七条规定的情形外，不得提供作者事先声明不许提供的作品；
（二）指明作品的名称和作者的姓名（名称）；
（三）依照本条例规定支付报酬；
（四）采取技术措施，防止本条例第七条、第八条、第九条规定的服务对象以外的其他人获得著作权人的作品，并防止本条例第七条规定的服务对象的复制行为对著作权人利益造成实质性损害；
（五）不得侵犯著作权人依法享有的其他权利。
第十一条
通过信息网络提供他人表演、录音录像制品的，应当遵守本条例第六条至第十条的规定。
第十二条
属于下列情形的，可以避开技术措施，但不得向他人提供避开技术措施的技术、装置或者部件，不得侵犯权利人依法享有的其他权利：
（一）为学校课堂教学或者科学研究，通过信息网络向少数教学、科研人员提供已经发表的作品、表演、录音录像制品，而该作品、表演、录音录像制品只能通过信息网络获取；
（二）不以营利为目的，通过信息网络以盲人能够感知的独特方式向盲人提供已经发表的文字作品，而该作品只能通过信息网络获取；
（三）国家机关依照行政、司法程序执行公务；
（四）在信息网络上对计算机及其系统或者网络的安全性能进行测试。
第十三条
著作权行政管理部门为了查处侵犯信息网络传播权的行为，可以要求网络服务提供者提供涉嫌侵权的服务对象的姓名（名称）、联系方式、网络地址等资料。
第十四条
对提供信息存储空间或者提供搜索、链接服务的网络服务提供者，权利人认为其服务所涉及的作品、表演、录音录像制品，侵犯自己的信息网络传播权或者被删除、改变了自己的权利管理电子信息的，可以向该网络服务提供者提交书面通知，要求网络服务提供者删除该作品、表演、录音录像制品，或者断开与该作品、表演、录音录像制品的链接。通知书应当包含下列内容：
（一）权利人的姓名（名称）、联系方式和地址；
（二）要求删除或者断开链接的侵权作品、表演、录音录像制品的名称和网络地址；
（三）构成侵权的初步证明材料。
权利人应当对通知书的真实性负责。
第十五条
网络服务提供者接到权利人的通知书后，应当立即删除涉嫌侵权的作品、表演、录音录像制品，或者断开与涉嫌侵权的作品、表演、录音录像制品的链接，并同时将通知书转送提供作品、表演、录音录像制品的服务对象；服务对象网络地址不明、无法转送的，应当将通知书的内容同时在信息网络上公告。
第十六条
服务对象接到网络服务提供者转送的通知书后，认为其提供的作品、表演、录音录像制品未侵犯他人权利的，可以向网络服务提供者提交书面说明，要求恢复被删除的作品、表演、录音录像制品，或者恢复与被断开的作品、表演、录音录像制品的链接。书面说明应当包含下列内容：
（一）服务对象的姓名（名称）、联系方式和地址；
（二）要求恢复的作品、表演、录音录像制品的名称和网络地址；
（三）不构成侵权的初步证明材料。
服务对象应当对书面说明的真实性负责。
第十七条
网络服务提供者接到服务对象的书面说明后，应当立即恢复被删除的作品、表演、录音录像制品，或者可以恢复与被断开的作品、表演、录音录像制品的链接，同时将服务对象的书面说明转送权利人。权利人不得再通知网络服务提供者删除该作品、表演、录音录像制品，或者断开与该作品、表演、录音录像制品的链接。
第十八条
违反本条例规定，有下列侵权行为之一的，根据情况承担停止侵害、消除影响、赔礼道歉、赔偿损失等民事责任；同时损害公共利益的，可以由著作权行政管理部门责令停止侵权行为，没收违法所得，并可处以10万元以下的罚款；情节严重的，著作权行政管理部门可以没收主要用于提供网络服务的计算机等设备；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任：
（一）通过信息网络擅自向公众提供他人的作品、表演、录音录像制品的；
（二）故意避开或者破坏技术措施的；
（三）故意删除或者改变通过信息网络向公众提供的作品、表演、录音录像制品的权利管理电子信息，或者通过信息网络向公众提供明知或者应知未经权利人许可而被删除或者改变权利管理电子信息的作品、表演、录音录像制品的；
（四）为扶助贫困通过信息网络向农村地区提供作品、表演、录音录像制品超过规定范围，或者未按照公告的标准支付报酬，或者在权利人不同意提供其作品、表演、录音录像制品后未立即删除的；
（五）通过信息网络提供他人的作品、表演、录音录像制品，未指明作品、表演、录音录像制品的名称或者作者、表演者、录音录像制作者的姓名（名称），或者未支付报酬，或者未依照本条例规定采取技术措施防止服务对象以外的其他人获得他人的作品、表演、录音录像制品，或者未防止服务对象的复制行为对权利人利益造成实质性损害的。
第十九条
违反本条例规定，有下列行为之一的，由著作权行政管理部门予以警告，没收违法所得，没收主要用于避开、破坏技术措施的装置或者部件；情节严重的，可以没收主要用于提供网络服务的计算机等设备，并可处以10万元以下的罚款；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任：
（一）故意制造、进口或者向他人提供主要用于避开、破坏技术措施的装置或者部件，或者故意为他人避开或者破坏技术措施提供技术服务的；
（二）通过信息网络提供他人的作品、表演、录音录像制品，获得经济利益的；
（三）为扶助贫困通过信息网络向农村地区提供作品、表演、录音录像制品，未在提供前公告作品、表演、录音录像制品的名称和作者、表演者、录音录像制作者的姓名（名称）以及报酬标准的。
第二十条
网络服务提供者根据服务对象的指令提供网络自动接入服务，或者对服务对象提供的作品、表演、录音录像制品提供自动传输服务，并具备下列条件的，不承担赔偿责任：
（一）未选择并且未改变所传输的作品、表演、录音录像制品；
（二）向指定的服务对象提供该作品、表演、录音录像制品，并防止指定的服务对象以外的其他人获得。
第二十一条
网络服务提供者为提高网络传输效率，自动存储从其他网络服务提供者获得的作品、表演、录音录像制品，根据技术安排自动向服务对象提供，并具备下列条件的，不承担赔偿责任：
（一）未改变自动存储的作品、表演、录音录像制品；
（二）不影响提供作品、表演、录音录像制品的原网络服务提供者掌握服务对象获取该作品、表演、录音录像制品的情况；
（三）在原网络服务提供者修改、删除或者屏蔽该作品、表演、录音录像制品时，根据技术安排自动予以修改、删除或者屏蔽。
第二十二条
网络服务提供者为服务对象提供信息存储空间，供服务对象通过信息网络向公众提供作品、表演、录音录像制品，并具备下列条件的，不承担赔偿责任：
（一）明确标示该信息存储空间是为服务对象所提供，并公开网络服务提供者的名称、联系人、网络地址；
（二）未改变服务对象所提供的作品、表演、录音录像制品；
（三）不知道也没有合理的理由应当知道服务对象提供的作品、表演、录音录像制品侵权；
（四）未从服务对象提供作品、表演、录音录像制品中直接获得经济利益；
（五）在接到权利人的通知书后，根据本条例规定删除权利人认为侵权的作品、表演、录音录像制品。
第二十三条
网络服务提供者为服务对象提供搜索或者链接服务，在接到权利人的通知书后，根据本条例规定断开与侵权的作品、表演、录音录像制品的链接的，不承担赔偿责任；但是，明知或者应知所链接的作品、表演、录音录像制品侵权的，应当承担共同侵权责任。
第二十四条
因权利人的通知导致网络服务提供者错误删除作品、表演、录音录像制品，或者错误断开与作品、表演、录音录像制品的链接，给服务对象造成损失的，权利人应当承担赔偿责任。
第二十五条
网络服务提供者无正当理由拒绝提供或者拖延提供涉嫌侵权的服务对象的姓名（名称）、联系方式、网络地址等资料的，由著作权行政管理部门予以警告；情节严重的，没收主要用于提供网络服务的计算机等设备。
第二十六条
本条例下列用语的含义：
信息网络传播权，是指以有线或者无线方式向公众提供作品、表演或者录音录像制品，使公众可以在其个人选定的时间和地点获得作品、表演或者录音录像制品的权利。
技术措施，是指用于防止、限制未经权利人许可浏览、欣赏作品、表演、录音录像制品的或者通过信息网络向公众提供作品、表演、录音录像制品的有效技术、装置或者部件。
权利管理电子信息，是指说明作品及其作者、表演及其表演者、录音录像制品及其制作者的信息，作品、表演、录音录像制品权利人的信息和使用条件的信息，以及表示上述信息的数字或者代码。
第二十七条
本条例自2006年7月1日起施行。