1. What are the criminal liabilities for copyright infringement
1. According to Relevant laws stipulate that those who commit statutory copyright infringement 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 be concurrently or solely fined; if the amount of illegal gains is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the offender 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. Legal basis: Article 217 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that for the purpose of profit, there is one of the following copyright infringement circumstances: 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 concurrently or solely with a fine; 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 and not more than seven years. Also subject to fines:
(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 for which others have exclusive publishing rights;
(3) Copying and distributing audio and video recordings without the permission of the producer of the audio and video recordings;
(4) Producing and selling works of art that counterfeit the signature of others .
2. How to compensate for copyright infringement
1. If the copyright or copyright-related rights are infringed, the infringer shall compensate the right holder according to the actual loss; if the actual loss is difficult to calculate, the infringer shall compensate according to the actual loss. The illegal gains of the infringerGive compensation. If the copyright owner's actual losses or the infringer's illegal gains cannot be determined, the People's Court shall, based on the circumstances of the infringement, award a compensation of not more than 500,000 yuan. The amount of compensation should also include the reasonable expenses paid by the right owner to stop the infringement.
2. The actual loss of the right holder can be based on the reduction in the distribution of copies caused by the right holder due to infringement or the sales volume of the infringing copies and the amount of the right holder's distribution of the copies. Product unit profit product calculation. If it is difficult to determine the reduction in distribution, it shall be determined based on the market sales of infringing copies.
Copyright infringement is an act of using something without the permission of the copyright owner, which seriously damages the interests of the copyright. This is a violation and should bear corresponding legal liability. I hope the above content can be helpful to you. If you have other questions, you can click the button below for consultation, or go to the Legal Savior website to consult a professional lawyer.