深度链接是一种新型的链接形式，用户通过深度链接无需经过首页即可直接访问另一个网站内部的特定内容。深度链接因其直接性、隐蔽性和高收益性等特点，在促进信息快速传播的同时，也引发了诸多法律风险，给著作权保护、信息安全乃至社会秩序带来了严峻挑战。本文从多个维度综合考量了服务器标准、实质性替代标准、用户感知标准及新公众标准等性质认定标准学说，分析了各学说对深度链接行为定性的优缺点。
深度链接行为具有特殊的社会危害性和主观恶性，现有民法对其规制不足，对深度链接行为进行刑法规制尤为必要。本文对“以合法网站为链接对象”和“以非法网站为链接对象”两种类型的深度链接进行侵权法理分析，并通过典型案例对我国深度链接行为刑法规制现状进行梳理。同时司法实践中仍存在诸多问题和争议，如刑民定义不清、适用标准不统一等，使得深度链接行为的法律定性变得复杂和模糊。
本文从共同犯罪和单独犯罪两个方面剖析了现行刑法下深度链接行为可能构成的犯罪类型及其法律后果，立足深度链接行为特性提出建议适用的学说和罪名。在认定深度链接行为是否属于构成共同犯罪时，依据更加符合实际需要的行为共同说理论，应当考虑设链者是否主观上认识到原侵权网站的设立者实施了犯罪行为。只要设链者对此有明确认知，且知道自己所设的深度链接将会成为扩散侵权作品的技术手段，当被链者的犯罪后果足够严重时，便可以认定设链者构成共同犯罪，而不问设链者和被链者有无联络的犯罪意图。在对深度链接侵权行为进行评价时，应当根据实践当中侵权行为的模式不同进行类型化分析。
本文提出了完善深度链接行为刑法规制的建议。首先，应健全相关立法，明确深度链接行为的法律性质，细化量刑及认定标准，为司法实践提供明确指引。其次，规范司法实践，通过发布典型案例指导审判结果，统一司法尺度。最后，将深度链接纳入刑事合规范畴，从源头上减少法律风险。

Deep linking is a new hyperlink form that allows users to directly access specific content within another website without going through the homepage. Due to its directness, concealment, and high profitability, deep linking has not only facilitated the rapid dissemination of information but also given rise to numerous legal risks, posing serious challenges to copyright protection, information security, and social order. This paper comprehensively evaluates various identification criteria such as server standards, substantial substitution standards, user perception standards, and new public standards, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each theory in qualifying deep linking.
Deep linking has special social harm and subjective malice. Given the insufficient regulation of civil law, it is particularly necessary to regulate deep linking behaviors through criminal law. This paper analyzes the infringement jurisprudence of the two types of deep linking, namely "linking to legal websites" and "linking to illegal websites", and sort out the current situation of the criminal law system of deep link in China through typical cases. At the same time, numerous issues and controversies persist in judicial practice, such as unclear definitions of criminal and civil, inconsistent application standards, etc., which makes the legal characterization of deep linking become complicated and ambiguous.
This paper analyzes the types of crimes that may be constituted by deep-linking under the current criminal law and their legal consequences from the perspective of both joint and separate crimes, and proposes recommended doctrines and crimes based on the characteristics of deep-linking. In determining whether deep-linking constitutes a joint crime, based on the theory of joint conduct, which is more in line with practical needs, consideration should be given to whether the linker subjectively recognizes that the original infringing website's creator has committed a criminal act. As long as the linker has a clear understanding of this, and knows that the deep link he or she has set up will become a technical means of proliferation of infringing works, and when the consequences of the crime committed by the linked person are serious enough, the linker can be deemed to constitute a joint criminal offense, regardless of whether the linker and the linked person have liaison with each other in terms of criminal intent. When evaluating deep-linking infringement, a typological analysis should be made according to the different patterns of infringement in practice.
This paper proposes suggestions for improving the criminal law system on deep linking. Firstly, relevant legislation should be refined to clarify the legal nature of deep linking, refine sentencing and identification standards, and provide clear guidelines for judicial practice. Secondly, judicial practice should be standardized, and typical cases should be issued to guide trial outcomes and unify judicial standards. Finally, deep linking should be included within the scope of criminal compliance to reduce legal risks at the source.