Legal basis: The crime of copyright infringement in Article 217 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) refers to the act of copying and distributing works such as words, audio-visual and computer software without the permission of the copyright owner, publishing books with exclusive publishing rights for others, copying and distributing audio-visual products produced by the producer without the permission of the producer, and producing and displaying works of art with the signature of others, with a large amount of illegal income or other serious circumstances.