搜索引擎的出现极大地改变了人们发现和利用信息的方式和结果,法律问题也随之而来,数字版权便是其中重要一例。本文将对搜索引擎的法律属性;中美两国“安全港”立法及其比较;搜索引擎对“安全港”制度的适应性;文字、图片、音乐、影视搜索以及网页快照所涉及的版权问题和重要案例等七个部分分别加以分析和讨论,最后在结语部分试图超越法律技术分析,在总结全文的基础上,反思作为网络版权制度核心的“安全港”在我国司法实践中的现实状态,并初步提出针对搜索引擎和互联网发展的宏观法律政策考量。 The advent of search engines has dramatically changed the way and results people find and use information, and legal issues have followed. Digital copyright is an important example. This article will be on the legal attributes of search engines; China and the United States “Safe Harbor ” legislation and its comparison; search engine adaptation “safe harbor ”; text, pictures, music, video search and web snapshot The copyright issues involved and important cases are analyzed and discussed respectively. Finally, in the epilogue, I try to go beyond the legal technical analysis. On the basis of summarizing the full text, I reflect on the “safe harbor” which is the core of the network copyright system, Practice the reality of the situation, and initially put forward for the development of search engines and Internet macroscopic legal and policy considerations.