Seven people were convicted in the first domestic online piracy case of films and television programs

2014/05/23

On the afternoon of May 15, the first domestic online piracy case of digital high definition films and television programs, games and music works----“SILUHD infringement case” was settled in Haidian People’s Court in Beijing. Defendant Zhou Zhiquan convicted of copyright infringement was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and fined 1 million yuan; Kou Yujie, Su Liyuan and 4 other defendants convicted of copyright infringement were sentenced to one to three years’ imprisonment and fined 20,000 yuan to 250,000 yuan.


(Source: China IP Magazine)