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.
Pirates never say hello to the author, do not send samples and do not pay the manuscript fee, which seriously damages the author's copyright. The shoddy and full of mistakes in pirated books have also polluted the works. Pirated books make a lot of profits and taxes that should have been turned over to the state flow into the pockets of pirates or booksellers who operate pirated books, and at the same time have a bad social impact on publishing houses and the state.
legal ground
Article 48 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) has one of the following infringements, and shall bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, apologizing and compensating for the 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 36 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) implements the infringements listed in Article 48 of the Copyright Law, and at the same time harms the public interests. If the illegal business amount is more than 50,000 yuan, the copyright administrative department may impose a fine of more than 5 times the illegal business amount 1 times; If there is no illegal business amount or the illegal business amount is less than 50 thousand yuan, the copyright administrative department may impose a fine of less than 250 thousand yuan according to the seriousness of the case.