本文主要探討在遠距通信發達的二十一世紀，電腦軟體或數位影音商品等，皆可透過網際網路遞送至消費者手中，此類商品本文稱為網路數位化商品。由於我國2003年新修正之消保法，明文將網際網路此等交易型態納入郵購買賣之範疇內，故一般網路交易有關消費者權益皆需服膺消保法之規定;而網路數位化商品因其具無實體性及郵購買賣限於買賣性質等爭議，故衍生適用消保法郵購買賣之困難，本文嘗試透過外國法之參照及對消保法新公布之修正法案進行檢討，提出本文之立法建議，期能提供消費者保護法修法之思考方向。第壹章，本文就論文研撰之動機、研究方法與預期目標作引言，並解釋何謂網路數位化商品;第貳章，本文試著介紹數位商品之定義、內涵與特性，並闡述我國現今網路數位化商品之交易現況;第參章，介紹何謂網路交易契約及網路數位化交易契約之定性，並探討網路消費者於民法上有關行為能力及意思表示之相關議題;第肆章，主要介紹我國消保法郵購買賣之規定及網路數位化商品適用消保法所產生之疑義;第伍章，主要介紹美國、日本、歐盟等外國立法例;第陸章，則對我國行政院消費者保護委員會新公布之消費者保護法部分條文修正草案及資策會所擬之電子商務業者自律公約草案加以介紹與檢討;第柒章，主要提出本文建議之修正方向與草案;第捌章，結論與未來展望。 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.
