Legal analysis: Spreading obscene content on the Internet is punishable by criminal law, which constitutes the crime of making, copying, publishing, selling and spreading obscene articles for profit. Whoever makes, copies, publishes, sells or disseminates obscene articles for profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years. If the fine is especially serious, he shall also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment.

Legal basis: Article 363 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits the crime of making, copying, publishing, selling and disseminating obscene articles for profit. Whoever makes, copies, publishes, sells or disseminates obscene articles for profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Whoever provides a book number for others and publishes obscene books and periodicals shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; Whoever knowingly publishes obscene books and periodicals and provides the ISBN shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.