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Can the trial of Zheng Yuanjie’s real-name report of copyright infringement improve the market environment?

As long as the courts can severely punish these piracy and infringement companies, the market environment should be rectified and the author's copyright can be protected. Recently, a large-scale infringement case involving hundreds of millions of dollars has been opened in court. Among the 11 people involved in the case, except for the company owner Wang, who was sued for selling illegally manufactured trademarks, the other 11 people were sued for infringing the copyright of others. It was discovered by the court and the police that from 2017 to 2019, Wang used multiple companies as a cover to manufacture and sell 1 million pirated books, involving 21 publishing houses and 74 types of books. The amount exceeds 100 million yuan.

Judging from the criminal trajectory of Wang's company, its pirated books are almost "what are the fire stamps and what are they", and "what are they printed to make money"? There are various types of piracy, from novels and teaching aids to comics and picture books. None of them have been spared, and the writers involved in the infringement include well-known novelists such as Yu Hua and Lu Yao. The impact of the case is extremely bad. In 2019, the well-known writer Zheng Yuanjie discovered on an e-commerce website that someone was selling his books at 20% to 30% off. Most of these books were pirated books. After communicating with the store owner to no avail, he could only report it to the relevant departments and This case of serious copyright infringement was filed in court.

According to current legal provisions, those who infringe upon the copyright of others with a huge amount can be sentenced to criminal detention of not more than three years and fined. Those with extremely serious circumstances can be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. imprisonment. The case is still under trial, and the court is constantly seeking more evidence for prosecution. When the evidence is complete, a formal conviction can be made.

At present, piracy can be said to be rampant in my country's book market. Especially in the context of imperfect copyright laws, the cost of illegal infringement and piracy is very low. Copyright infringement incidents often occur. To protect their rights, authors can only collect enough evidence to apply for an injunction from the court. , sealed the relevant companies, and Zheng Yuanjie undoubtedly gave everyone a good start.