1, the consequences of selling fake books are as follows:
(1) If an individual's illegal income is more than 100,000 yuan and a unit's illegal income is more than 500,000 yuan, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined;
(2) If it is not serious enough for criminal punishment and damages the public interest, the copyright administrative department may order it to stop the infringement, confiscate the illegal income, confiscate and destroy the infringing copy, and may also impose a fine;
(3) If the circumstances are serious, the copyright administrative department may also confiscate the materials, tools and equipment mainly used for making infringing copies.
2. Legal basis: Article 2 18 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Whoever knowingly sells infringing copies for profit, and the amount of illegal gains is huge or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and shall also, or shall only, be fined.
Article 2 19
The crime of infringing on business secrets has one of the following acts of infringing on business secrets, and if the circumstances are serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he 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) Obtaining the business secrets of the obligee by improper means such as theft, bribery, fraud, coercion or electronic intrusion;
(2) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets of the obligee obtained by means of the preceding paragraph;
(3) disclosing, using or allowing others to use the business secrets in their possession in violation of confidentiality obligations or the requirements of the obligee to keep business secrets.
In the acts listed in the preceding paragraph, anyone who knowingly obtains, discloses, uses or allows others to use the trade secret shall be regarded as infringing on the trade secret theory.
The obligee mentioned in this article refers to the owner of the business secret and the user of the business secret with the permission of the owner.
Second, how to report the sale of pirated books
The ways to report the sale of pirated books are as follows
1, you can call 123 18 to complain to the comprehensive law enforcement department of the cultural market;
2. You can also report to the local industrial and commercial bureau, cultural bureau and police station, and investigate the legal responsibility of relevant personnel.