A verdict in the case of illegal operation of books on the Internet: wantonly selling popular novels on the Internet, and the defendant was sentenced to 9 years

CTOnews.com September 21 news, According to "Anti-pornography" Weixin Official Accounts news, Hubei Province Xiantao City People's Court recently opened a trial of a network illegal book case. The People's Court of Xiantao City sentenced the defendant Xiao XX to 9 years 'imprisonment, fined RMB 2.3 million yuan and recovered the illegal income of 1050162.2 yuan for the crime of illegal business operation and copyright infringement.

After trial, it was found that from May 2020 to December 2020, Defendant Xiao XX found someone to apply for false "Publication Business License" through the network, and then opened 6 shops on the e-commerce trading platform to sell different kinds of popular online novels.

As of December 18,2020, its transaction records have reached 11,700, more than 30,000 books have been sold, and the sales amount has reached more than 1 million yuan. On December 18,2020, law enforcement personnel seized 54 kinds of relevant publications in Xiao XX's warehouse, totaling 125633 copies, involving more than 7.8 million yuan.

CTOnews.com understands that the court held that in this case, the defendant Xiao XX seriously disturbed the market order, the circumstances were particularly serious, and for the purpose of making profits, without the permission of the copyright owner and the publisher enjoying the exclusive publishing right, copied and distributed his written works and books enjoying the exclusive publishing right, and the public prosecution organ accused him of committing the crime of illegal business operation and infringement of copyright.