Belonging to illegal business, the illegal business amount is more than 50 thousand yuan; Spreading others' works with a total number of more than 500 pieces (departments); Whoever spreads the works of others and is actually hit more than 50,000 times 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.

What's the difference between pirated books and genuine books?

1. Different copyrights: Genuine books refer to books legally authorized by authors or copyright owners and printed and published by publishing houses or other organizations with copyright. Pirated books refer to books published without the authorization of the original author or publisher.

2. Different layouts: pirated books generally have bright cover colors, muddy handwriting, thin cover paper and overflow of offset glue. The color, clarity, cover paper quality, book paper quality and book binding of the original book are all good.

3. The copyright page is different: the genuine version is generally on the back of the title page, and there are CIP data printed at the end of the text. The ISBN on the copyright page is the same as that on the back cover barcode. Inconsistency is generally piracy. There are inferior pirated books with no copyright pages.

Is it illegal to buy pirated books?

If you buy pirated books and look at them yourself, from the perspective of civil liability, this situation is not infringement, so it can be said that it is not illegal. Buying is an act of contact, reading is an act of enjoyment, and copying and distribution is an act of use. The copyright law only regulates the use of works, and contact and enjoyment are not controlled by copyright. Other laws do not regulate this behavior, so it is not illegal to buy pirated books.

Legal basis:

Article 217 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * commits one of the following acts of infringing copyright or copyright-related rights for the purpose of making profits. If the 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 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.