According to the Zhejiang police, in September 2020, a primary school student in Haiyan County discovered that there were gaps in some areas of Zhejiang Province on the map. After reports, the police opened a case for investigation and discovered a major fraud case. This "10·12" extraordinarily large production and sales of "fake maps" case jointly supervised by six departments including the Copyright Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department and the Supreme People's Procuratorate was heard in the Nanhu District Court of Jiaxing. Seven people including Wang, He and Qi were sued. Suspected of copyright infringement and counterfeiting of registered trademarks.
Between March 2016 and March 2021, Wang, who runs a cultural company, used his connections in the map industry to obtain through others the provincial maps of 31 provinces in China published by Fujian Map Publishing House and China transportation map ***32 map printing files. Afterwards, Wang found Qi, who had no printing qualifications but had a printing machine, and He, who ran a lamination factory, and others to carry out illegal production. In addition, Wang, knowing that Qi's company did not have printing qualifications, used the qualifications of other printing companies to obtain entrusted printing orders issued by Wuhan University Press, and printed four models of Wuhan University Press including maps of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. Maps with exclusive publishing rights. Moreover, in order to make more money, Wang and Qi printed quantities that greatly exceeded the number of commissioned printings.
Knowing that Qi’s company did not have printing qualifications, Wang also used the qualifications of other printing companies to obtain entrusted printing orders issued by Wuhan University Press to print maps of the People’s Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China. 4 maps for which Wuhan University Press has exclusive publishing rights. After verification, it was found that nearly 10 million of the 36 maps involved in the case were illegally copied and sold to all parts of the country through multiple online and offline channels. The illegal business amount was about 10 million yuan. In addition, the defendant He and others illegally printed and sold brand puzzles without the permission of registered trademark owners such as Disney, with an illegal business amount of more than 1.5 million yuan.
The copies were all wrong, and I really deserved it! If they did this because they didn't know that they were illegally printing and distributing fake maps, they can only blame them for their shallow knowledge. After this time, they should remember it; if they knew it but took risks to make money, then they really deserve to be punished. Finally, the editor would like to say that knowing more about the law can provide more help for your future life and save you from detours. After all, society and the law are inseparable.