{"title":"BOUNDARY OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS — A LESSON FROM THE QVOD CASE","authors":"Chen Xuan","doi":"10.3868/S050-007-018-0027-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Qvod case in 2016, in which the Chinese video-sharing site Qvod was convicted of the crime of disseminating pornographic materials for profits, provoked heated debates regarding the criminal responsibility of internet service providers (ISPs) in China. Using the Qvod case as an example, this paper first discusses the definition and the legal obligations of ISPs, and argues that we should decide the criminal responsibility of ISPs according to their functions and the content of their services. This paper further analyzes four major issues associated with the criminal responsibility of ISPs, including accomplice responsibility, accessory with neutral conduct, perpetrator by action or omission and ideal concurrence (Idealkonkurrenz).","PeriodicalId":41655,"journal":{"name":"中国法学前沿","volume":"13 1","pages":"357-366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2018-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中国法学前沿","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3868/S050-007-018-0027-2","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"LAW","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Qvod case in 2016, in which the Chinese video-sharing site Qvod was convicted of the crime of disseminating pornographic materials for profits, provoked heated debates regarding the criminal responsibility of internet service providers (ISPs) in China. Using the Qvod case as an example, this paper first discusses the definition and the legal obligations of ISPs, and argues that we should decide the criminal responsibility of ISPs according to their functions and the content of their services. This paper further analyzes four major issues associated with the criminal responsibility of ISPs, including accomplice responsibility, accessory with neutral conduct, perpetrator by action or omission and ideal concurrence (Idealkonkurrenz).
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Frontiers of Law in China seeks to provide a forum for a broad blend of peer-reviewed academic papers of law studies, in order to promote communication and cooperation between jurists in China and abroad. It will reflect the substantial advances that are currently being made in Chinese universities in the field of law. Its coverage includes all main branches of law, such as jurisprudence, constitutional jurisprudence, science of civil and commercial law, science of economic law, science of environmental law, science of intellectual property, science of criminal justice, science of procedural law, science of administrative law, science of international law, science of legal history, science of history of legal thoughts, etc.