Is copyright infringement a civil act?
Copyright infringement is a civil tort, but if the circumstances are serious, it is also may constitute a criminal offence.
What actions constitute copyright infringement
1. Publishing the work without the permission of the copyright owner;
2. Publish a work created in collaboration with others as a work created alone without the permission of the co-author;
3. Without participating in the creation, for the purpose of seeking personal fame and fortune, signing someone else’s work;
4. Distorting or tampering with other people’s Works;
5. Plagiarizing other people's works;
6. Exhibiting, Making movies and using works in a similar way to making movies, or using works by adapting, translating, annotating, etc., except as otherwise provided for in this law;
7 , Use of other people’s works for which remuneration should be paid but has not been paid;
8. Unauthorized film works and works created by methods similar to filmmaking, computer software, and sound recordings With the permission of the copyright holder of the video product or the copyright-related rights holder, the work or the audio and video product may be leased, except as otherwise provided for in this law;
9. Failure to do so Using the layout design of books and journals published by the publisher with the permission of the publisher;
10. Live broadcast or publicly transmit the live performance without the permission of the performer , or recording their performances;
11. Copying without the permission of the copyright owner, distribute, perform, screen, broadcast, compile, and disseminate their works to the public through information networks, except as otherwise provided for in this law;
12. Publication for the enjoyment of others Books with exclusive publishing rights;
13. Copying and distributing audio and video recordings of performances without the permission of the performers, or making them available to the public through information networks disseminate their performances, except as otherwise provided for in this law;
14. Reproduction, distribution, and dissemination to the public through information networks without the permission of the producers of audio and video recordings; Audio and video recordings produced, except as otherwise provided for in this Law;
15. Playing or copying radio or television without permission, except as otherwise provided for in this Law; Except;
16. Without the permission of the copyright owner or copyright-related rights holder, deliberately avoid or destroy the rights holder's work, audio and video products, etc. Technical measures to protect copyright or copyright-related rights, unless otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations;
17. Without the copyright owner or copyright-related Deliberately deleting or changing the rights management electronic information of works, audio and video products, etc. with the permission of the right holder, unless otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations;
18. Production , Selling works counterfeiting the signature of others.
19. Other acts that infringe on copyright and copyright-related rights and interests.
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