1. When the sales amount of pirated books reaches100000 yuan, a case will be filed for investigation. At the same time, the judicial organs will punish the suspects according to the circumstances involved and the consequences;

Criminals who sell pirated books for profit will generally be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and will also be fined.

The amount standard of the crime of copyright infringement:

1, and the illegal business amount is more than 50,000 yuan;

2. Reproduction and distribution of written works, music, movies, television, video works, competition software and other works without the permission of the copyright owner, with a total of more than 500 copies.

Provisions on sentencing for the crime of copyright infringement:

1, for the purpose of making profits, if the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention 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 seven years and shall also be fined;

2. Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, knowingly sells infringing copies and the amount of illegal income is huge, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.

Particularly serious circumstances are as follows:

1. Reproduction and distribution of written works, music, movies, television, video works, computer software and other works without the permission of the copyright owner;

2. Publishing books that others enjoy exclusive publishing rights;

3. Reproduction and distribution of audio and video products made by the producer without the permission of the producer;

4. Making or selling works of art with forged signatures.

To sum up, when a book or other work is published, its copyright will be protected by law, and no one can infringe the copyright of others. It is also illegal for criminals to sell infringing copies for profit. If the illegal income of criminals exceeds100000 yuan or the value of unsold copies reaches 300000 yuan, they shall be put on file for investigation.

Legal basis:

Article 2 17 of the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of copyright infringement aims at making profits, and in any of the following circumstances, if the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, it 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) Reproduction, distribution and dissemination of written works, music, fine arts, audio-visual works, computer software and other works prescribed by laws and administrative regulations to the public 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.