How to protect personal rights and interests when the universe is not an illegal place?

The virtuality of the Internet , Enlarges some bad ideas in people's minds , Many people indulge themselves more in the Internet . All kinds of violations of personal rights and interests in the network are emerging in endlessly .

Independent digital identities need to be established in the metauniverse , This digital identity is often expressed through virtual images , In the hands of some outlaws , It is not impossible to attract network traffic by using virtual images made of some well-known characters .

stay 2021 year , In a case published by the Beijing Internet court , There are software platforms that use public figures to create virtual without permission AI, Finally, it was decided that the platform violated the right of personality . This infringement event was finally selected as a typical civil case of judicial protection of personality rights issued by the Supreme People's court .

In our country 《 The civil code 》 Specified in the , The personality rights of civil subjects are protected by law , No organization or individual may infringe upon . With the boom of the yuan universe industry , The virtual character industry has also been driven to set off a wave . And on the Internet , There are some people who take advantage of “AI Face changing ” And other technologies will replace the image of virtual characters with well-known characters .

It is worth mentioning that , Public figures are not the only ones who suffer from the infringement of personality rights , A lot of times , Some malicious people may also use these methods to infringe upon the rights and interests of others .

The highly immersive experience in the metauniverse can make users feel a kind of reality , This sense of immersion makes people's personality rights more important than the traditional network . After all, no one wants to see their own appearance do something illegal or degrading in the meta universe .

In the current laws and regulations on Internet service platforms , One is called “ safe harbor ” The provisions of the , This means that the platform party only needs to know the facts of infringement before it has the obligation to “ notice - Delete ”, Most of the time , Infringing content uploaded by users , The platform party is not liable for infringement . This principle is formulated to avoid a major blow to the new business of providing network services , Because the user's autonomy in this type of business is very high , The user base is huge , There will inevitably be some infringement , It is not conducive to the healthy growth of the industry to investigate the responsibility of the platform once problems occur . Metauniverse is also a digital space where users have a high degree of autonomy , so to speak ,“ safe harbor ” The same applies to the metauniverse .

however , It should be noted that ,“ safe harbor ” Not applicable in all cases . This principle is to better protect industrial development , Not a piece “ Gold from death ”. In the infringement cases mentioned above , The defendant's platform is the content uploaded by the user , Want to use “ safe harbor ” Exemption from liability . But the result is obvious , This defence is not accepted , The court's decision is that the defendant has algorithmic encouragement , Still bear the corresponding responsibility .

The primordial universe is not an illegal place , Everyone's legitimate rights and interests will be protected , Those who infringe on the rights and interests of others will also be punished accordingly .