Consumer Protection Of Digital Products Of network-focus on Mail-order Purchases

• Main Authors: Kuang-Tse Wang, 王廣澤
• Other Authors: Yu-Wei Cheng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67706937607636472290

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 產業經濟研究所 === 96 === My writing will discuss legal implications of the fact that computer software or audio-visual goods, etc., can be sent to consumers by internet in the 21st century. These types of goods are refered to as “digital products of network.” With the amendment to the Consumer Protection Law, proclaimed in 2003, the category of Mail Order Purchases now includes internet, so network businesses must observe Mail Order Purchase Rules in Consumer Protection Law. Digital products of network, however, don’t have entity, and Mail Order Purchases are limited to buying and selling, so Mail Order Purchase Rules in Consumer Protection Law may encounter difficulties in application to digital products of network. I will attempt to supply a lawmaking framework by referring to foreign legislation and reviewing the Consumer Protection Law and its amendment. Chapter one, will introduce digital products of network and talk about my research motive; chapter two, will try to identify the definition and scope of digital products, explaining the present situation of the digital products trade; chapter three, introduces network business contracts and the contract nature of digital products of network, discussing some questions of civil law; chapter four, introduces the Mail Order Purchase Rules in Consumer Protection Law and the question of how they apply to digital products of network; chapter five, looks at foreign legislation in legislative bodies such as America, Japan or the European Union; chapter six reviews the amendment to the Consumer Protection Law; chapter seven provides a proposition for lawmaking; chapter eight concludes with a look toward the future digital goods of network legislation.