Pirated books refer to books published without the authorization of the original author or publisher. Pirated books generally have bright cover colors and muddy handwriting. The cover paper is thin and the offset glue overflows. Pirated books can be judged from many aspects, and the harm of pirated books is countless. Anyone who sells about 600,000 pirated books online shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined.
Article 2 18 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates:
Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, knowingly sells infringing copies as stipulated in Article 217 of this Law, and the amount of illegal gains is huge, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined. Article 2 17 stipulates that the fourth item of infringing copies is "books with exclusive publishing rights enjoyed by others", which is commonly referred to as pirated books.
Individuals with illegal income of more than 100,000 yuan and units with illegal income of more than 500,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined; If it is not serious enough for criminal punishment and damages the public interest, 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. In addition, whether it constitutes a crime or not, it should bear civil responsibilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, apologizing and compensating for the losses according to the situation.