Man with selling pirated books online: really sad reminders-piracy, book-IT information

While talking with a courier that make money selling books online, Lee quit after opening shop in Taobao selling the pirated books, two months sold nearly 12,000 copies. Reporter learned yesterday, for copyright infringement of the Haidian District Court sentenced Lee to 3.5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 80,000 yuan.

In July 2013, Lee in sales for an electrical company. He found near a courier business is hot, he learned after chatting with courier, express delivery companies send more pirated books. Lee thought selling pirated books can earn money on the Internet, will use his mother's identity and culture operation license applied for a sales shop in Taobao.

Back to books when the market, it learned that the judicial examination books sell well and began selling China University Publishing "thick book series" the judicial examination reference book. Each (three volumes) the price of 20 Yuan from the market to buy, sold for books priced at 20 percent-30 percent, that is thirty or forty, in between June and April 2014, its total sales division test series books such as the criminal law of Liu Fengke said a total of 11,967 copies. On June 11, 2014, Lee caught by the public security organs, and seized illegal publications 548 in his home.

Haidian District Court hearing the case, Lee and the Defender has no objection to allegations, but Lee just to sell books, not part of the crime of copyright infringement.

Haidian District Court believes that Lee for profit-making purposes, issuing its written works without permission of the copyright owner, the circumstances are especially serious, their behavior constituted the crime of copyright infringement. But some illegally published books have not sold were seized, ease some of the social harm, and faithfully confessed to crimes and punishment, sentenced him to 3.5 years of imprisonment and a fine of 80,000 yuan.

Interpretation by judges

Haidian District Court judge ruled that, under the relevant legislation and judicial interpretation, is the crime of copyright infringement without the permission of the copyright owner, to reproduce and distribute their written works, music, movies, TV shows, videos, computer software and other works. "Release" includes publishing, wholesaling, retailing and other activities. In this case, Lee sell others ' copyrighted works through the shop, belonging to the wholesale or retail, it shall be deemed to be criminal law "issue", in line with the crime of copyright infringement form.