What are the legal responsibilities of computer software users
"The Supreme People's Court's Notice on Interpretation of Several Issues Applicable Law in the Trial of Copyright Civil Dispute Cases" stipulates: "If a computer user commercially uses computer software without permission or exceeds the scope of permission, in accordance with Article 47 (1) and Article 2 of the "Computer Software Protection Regulations" Article 14 (1) shall bear civil liability."
This article stipulates that computer software users must obtain the permission of the computer software before using the computer software. Any commercial use of computer software within the specified scope, without permission or with permission, but beyond the scope of permission, shall bear the following civil liabilities stipulated in the Copyright Law and the Computer Software Protection Regulations:
1. Stop the infringement, eliminate the impact, apologize, and compensate for losses;
2. If the public interest is harmed at the same time, the The copyright administrative department shall order the infringement to cease, confiscate the illegal gains, confiscate and destroy the infringing copies, and may impose a fine;
3. If the circumstances are serious, the copyright administrative department The management department can also confiscate materials, tools, equipment, etc. mainly used to make infringing copies.
If a computer software user uses computer software commercially without permission or with permission, but exceeds the prescribed scope, which constitutes a crime, in accordance with the "Copyright Law" and the "Computer Software Protection Regulations" "Criminal liability shall be investigated in accordance with the law."
The purpose of the intellectual property legal system is to not only encourage people to produce creative intellectual achievements, but also facilitate the dissemination and widespread use of such intellectual achievements, thereby Promote the development of social economy, culture and human civilization. Therefore, although intellectual property rights have the nature of private rights, as a legal right, its content, scope, duration, exceptions and other boundaries are determined by legislation. First of all, the creators of intellectual achievements should be given a certain limited monopoly on the use of their intellectual achievements, so that they can obtain returns from them.Secondly, the nature of public wealth of intellectual property must also be considered, that is, any intellectual achievement is produced on the basis of the achievements of predecessors, and all intellectual achievements should be disseminated and applied as widely as possible, which requires Limit the monopoly rights of the creators of the results, and provide necessary protection for the public's use of the results. In this way, in the process of development, dissemination and use of intellectual achievements, the interests of different relevant social groups will inevitably conflict. From the international environment, it manifests itself as a conflict of interests between countries with different levels of development and value systems; from a domestic perspective, it manifests as a conflict between different relevant stakeholders.
The above content is the relevant answer. Today, the responsibilities that computer software users need to bear are only civil responsibilities, including civil compensation, cessation of infringement, elimination of impact, etc. , and if the behavior of computer software users constitutes a crime, they must be held criminally responsible according to law. If you have other legal questions, you can consult the relevant lawyers on the Legal Savior Network.
