Criminal liability for copyright infringement

Copyright is a recognition of the author, and of course it has a legal protection effect. Of course, infringement of his Copyright should be accompanied by certain criminal liability. The following copyright lawyer will introduce you to the criminal liability of copyright infringement in detail. If you encounter this When you have such problems, you can find a lawyer to solve the problem. Legal Savior Network’s criminal lawyers will professionally answer your questions.

Criminal liability for copyright infringement

According to the criminal law, infringement of copyright should be borne The following criminal liability:

1. Article 217 of the "Criminal Law" stipulates:

Whoever commits one of the following copyright infringement situations for the purpose of profit, and the amount of illegal gains is relatively large, or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined:

1. Without the permission of the copyright owner , copying and distributing his written works, music, movies, television, video works, computer software and other works;

2. Publishing other people's exclusive publishing rights Books;

3. Copying and distributing audio and video recordings without the permission of the audio and video producers;

4. Producing and selling works of art that counterfeit the signature of others.

2. "Criminal Law" Article 218 :

For the purpose of profit, selling infringing copies knowingly knowing that they are infringements stipulated in Article 217 of this Law, and obtaining a huge amount of illegal income , shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined.

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