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Is it illegal to write online games for profit without authorization?
Legal analysis: It is illegal to make online games for sale without authorization, with illegal publishing procedures and contents. The actor's purpose of making online game plug-ins is to increase the functions of online games, make online games easier to operate, make customers who don't use plug-ins unable to compete in the game, and shorten the operating life of online games, which not only infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of copyright owners, publishing institutions and game consumers, but also disrupts the normal order of online game publishing and operation and the healthy development of online game industry.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order, and if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated: (1) dealing in franchise, monopoly goods or other commodities whose business is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission; (2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations; (three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business; (four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.