The specific standards for filing a case for selling pirated books are as follows:
1. When the amount of selling pirated books reaches 100,000 yuan, a case will be filed for investigation. At the same time, the judicial authorities will punish the criminal suspect. Punishments will also be based on the circumstances involved and the consequences;
2. When criminals sell pirated books for profit, they will generally be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of less than three years or criminal detention. Certain fines will be imposed.
Amount standards for copyright infringement crimes:
1. The amount of illegal business operations exceeds 50,000 yuan;
2. Copying and distributing the text without the permission of the copyright owner The total number of copies of works, music, movies, television, video works, computer software and other works exceeds 500.
Sentencing provisions for the crime of copyright infringement:
1. Anyone who makes a profit and the amount of illegal gains is relatively large or has other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be sentenced to Or a fine alone. 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;
2. For the purpose of profit, those who knowingly sell infringing copies shall not exceed the amount of illegal income. If the amount is huge, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined.
Particularly serious circumstances are as follows:
1. Reproduction and distribution of written works, music, movies, television, video works, computer software and other works without the permission of the copyright owner;< /p>
2. Publishing books for which others have the exclusive right to publish;
3. Copying and distributing audio and video recordings produced by the audio and video producers without their permission;
< p>4. Producing and selling works of art that counterfeit the signature of others.To sum up, when a book or other work is published, its copyright will be protected by law. No one can infringe on the copyright of others. When criminals make a profit, It is also illegal to sell infringing copies for the purpose. When the criminal's illegal income exceeds 100,000 yuan or the value of the unsold copies reaches 300,000 yuan, a case will be opened for investigation.
Legal basis:
Article 217 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
The crime of copyright infringement is for the purpose of profit, and there are Anyone who commits one of the following infringements of copyright or copyright-related rights 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, and shall also or solely be fined; if the amount of illegal gains is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined:
(1) Reproduction, distribution, and dissemination to the public through information networks of literary works, music, art, audio-visual works without the permission of the copyright owner Works, computer software and other works stipulated in laws and administrative regulations;
(2) Publishing books for which others have the exclusive right to publish;
(3) Without audio or video recording Copying, distributing, and disseminating to the public through information networks the audio and video recordings made by the producer without the permission of the performer; Disseminating performances to the public on the Internet;
(5) Producing and selling works of art that counterfeit the signatures of others;
(6) Without permission from the copyright holder or copyright-related rights holder Licensing, intentionally avoiding or destroying the technical measures taken by the right holder to protect copyright or copyright-related rights for its works, audio and video products, etc.