Reply of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate about Relevant Issues of Handling Criminal Cases of Infringing upon Copyright concerning Audio-visual Fixation Promulgated by Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate on 2005-10-18
The higher people's courts and the people's procuratorates of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, military courts and the military procuratorates of the PLA, the Production and Construction Corps branch of the Higher People's Court of Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region and the people's procuratorate of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps: After the issuance of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate about Relevant Issues of Handling Criminal Cases of Infringing upon Copyright concerning Audiovisual Works, some higher people's courts and the people's procuratorates at provincial level have requested instructions about some relevant issues of handling criminal cases of infringing upon copyright concerning audio-visual fixation. Upon deliberation, you are hereby given a reply as follows: Aiming at making profits, the act of duplicating and distributing audiovisual works without the permission of the producers, quantity standard is applicable to the item 2 paragraph 1 and the item 2 paragraph 2 of Article 5 respectively of Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate concerning Some Issues on the Specific Application of Law for Handling Criminal Cases of Infringement upon Intellectual Property Rights. The act of disseminating the audiovisual works to the public without the permission of their producers through information network shall be deemed as a "reproduction and distribution" as prescribed in the Item 3 of Article 217 of the Criminal Law.
Hereby replied.
最高人民法院、最高人民检察院关于办理侵犯著作权刑事案件中涉及录音录像制品有关问题的批复
（2005年9月26日最高人民法院审判委员会 第1365次会议、2005年9月23日最高人民检察院第十届检察委员会第39次会议通过，自2005年10月18日起施行） 各省、自治区、直辖市高级人民法院、人民检察院，解放军军事法院、军事检察院，新疆维吾尔自治区高级人民法院生产建设兵团分院、新疆生产建设兵团人民 检察院： 《最高人民法院、最高人民检察院关于办理侵犯知识产权刑事案件具体应用法律若干问题的解释》发布以后，部分高级人民法院、省级人民检察院就关于办理侵 犯著作权刑事案件中涉及录音录像制品的有关问题提出请示。经研究，批复如下： 以营利为目的，未经录音录像制作者许可，复制发行其制作的录音录像制品的行为，复制品的数量标准分别适用《最高人民法院、最高人民检察院关于办理侵犯 知识产权刑事案件具体应用法律若干问题的解释》第五条第一款第（二）项、第二款第（二）项的规定。 未经录音录像制作者许可，通过信息网络传播其制作的录音录像制品的行为，应当视为刑法第二百一十七条第（三）项规定的“复制发行”。 此复。