Buying pirated books is an act of copyright infringement. Pirated books refer to books that are copied and sold without the authorization of the copyright owner. Copyright owners have the right to copy and distribute their works. If consumers know that pirated books are still purchased, it also constitutes an infringement on the rights of copyright owners. This damages the legitimate rights and interests of the original authors and also affects the healthy development of the genuine book market. Buying pirated books is not allowed by law, so buying and using genuine books should be avoided.

The harm of pirated books:

1. Damage to the original author's rights and interests: pirated books infringe the author's copyright and deprive him of his due economic interests and intellectual property rights without the authorization of the original author;

2. Impact on the publishing industry: selling pirated books at low prices disturbs the market order of regular publications and adversely affects the operation of legitimate publishing houses;

3. Reduce the quality of books: pirated books usually have poor printing quality, and there may be problems such as typography errors and lack of content, which will affect readers' reading experience;

4. Damage to the cultural market: the proliferation of piracy will lead to the disorder of the cultural market, which is not conducive to the healthy development of the cultural industry;

5. Infringement on consumers' rights and interests: Consumers who buy pirated books unwittingly may not get their due consumption experience and after-sales service due to quality problems.

To sum up, buying pirated books is an illegal act of infringing copyright, which not only infringes the copyright owner's right to copy and distribute, but also damages the legitimate rights and interests of the original author, and also has a negative impact on the healthy development of the genuine book market. Therefore, consumers should consciously resist piracy and support and use genuine books.

Legal basis:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 2 17

Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, commits one of the following acts of infringing on copyright or rights related to copyright, and the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined: (1) Copying and distributing his written works, music, art, audio-visual works, computer software and other works prescribed by laws and administrative regulations to the public through the information network without the permission of the copyright owner; (2) Publishing books with exclusive publishing rights enjoyed by others; (3) Reproduction, distribution and dissemination of audio and video products made by the producer to the public through the information network without the permission of the producer; (4) 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; (five) the production and sale of counterfeit works of art; (6) Technical measures taken to intentionally avoid or destroy the copyright to protect the copyright or copyright-related rights of his works, audio-visual products, etc. Without the permission of the copyright owner or the copyright-related obligee.