Legal basis: Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 48 Anyone who commits one of the following acts of infringement shall bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, making an apology and compensating for losses according to the circumstances. At the same time, if the public interest is harmed, the copyright administrative department may order it to stop the infringement, confiscate the illegal income, confiscate and destroy the infringing copy, and may also impose a fine; If the circumstances are serious, the copyright administrative department may also confiscate the materials, tools and equipment mainly used for making infringing copies; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law:
(1) Reproduction, distribution, performance, projection, broadcasting, compilation and dissemination to the public through information networks without the permission of the copyright owner, except as otherwise provided by this Law;
(2) Publishing books with exclusive publishing rights enjoyed by others;
(3) Reproduction and distribution of audio and video products of their performances without the permission of performers, or dissemination of their performances to the public through information networks, unless otherwise provided for in this Law;
(4) Reproduction, distribution and dissemination of audio and video products made by the producers of audio and video recordings to the public through information networks without the permission of the producers, except as otherwise provided for in this Law;
(5) broadcasting or reproducing radio and television without permission, except as otherwise provided by this Law;
(six) without the permission of the copyright owner or copyright-related obligee, deliberately avoiding or destroying the technical measures taken by the obligee to protect the copyright or copyright-related rights of his works, audio-visual products, etc. Except as otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations;
(7) Deliberately deleting or changing electronic information on rights management such as works, audio-visual products, etc. Without the permission of the copyright owner or copyright-related obligee, except as otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations;
(eight) the production and sale of works signed by others.
Article 49 Where copyright or copyright-related rights are infringed, the infringer shall compensate the obligee according to the actual losses; If the actual loss is difficult to calculate, it may be compensated according to the illegal income of the infringer. The amount of compensation shall also include the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee to stop the infringement.
If the actual loss of the obligee or the illegal income of the infringer cannot be determined, the people's court shall award compensation of less than 500,000 yuan according to the circumstances of the infringement.