독일 민법의 디지털 제품 계약에 관한 고찰 - 하자담보법을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The German Civil Code does not classify contracts related to digital products into specific types of contracts, such as sales and leases, but stipulates provisions related to them in the General Provisions for Debt. In other words, after Chapter 3 ‘Contractual Credit Relations’ of the German Civil Code, Title 2 ‘Act on Debt Relations’, Section 2a ‘Contract for Digital Products’ was newly added after Section 2 ‘Bilateral Contract’. Amendment BGB § 327 (1) Pursuant to the first sentence, there are two types of digital products: digital content (e.g. e-books, games, music, etc.) or digital services (e.g. cloud computing, etc.) ), the new rules apply to consumer contracts on the provision of The characterization of amended BGB §§ 327 et seq. (as set forth in DIDRL) applies the same provisions to all contracts relating to digital products, irrespective of the type of contract (sales, services, leases and subcontracts). Amendment BGB § 327c provides for legal remedies for failure to deliver digital products by businesses, i.e. for non-performance of performance. Termination of the contract and compensation for damages. As a legal remedy for non-performance, the list in amended BGB § 327i states that the consumer can first demand follow-up (amended BGB § 327l), and then terminate the contract (amended BGB § 327m) or reduce the price (amended BGB § 327m). BGB § 327n) or claim damages or reimbursement of expenses (BGB § 280 (1), BGB § 284 and amended BGB § 327m (3)). The updated duty of business operators, newly regulated in amended BGB § 327f, is one of the innovative provisions of the amended German Civil Code. A special structural imbalance arises from the fact that unlike business operators, consumers are not obliged to provide perpetual benefits.