What are the legal penalties for privately shooting and spreading other people's private videos?

Those who have to bear civil compensation shall bear criminal responsibility if the circumstances are serious. It is illegal to shoot and distribute other people's private videos without permission, if it infringes their reputation. Except in the case of fair use stipulated by law, any dissemination without the consent of the copyright owner is infringement.

Legal analysis

It is illegal to shoot and disseminate other people's videos without my consent, and any dissemination without the consent of the copyright owner of the work belongs to infringement. According to the relevant laws, copyright owners have the right to use their online works. The law stipulates that the use of other people's works should be paid, but not paying is infringement. Copyright includes the right of information network communication, that is, the right to provide works to the public by wired or wireless means, so that the public can obtain works at the time and place of their choice. If you want to use some materials, you must pay attention to the copyright ownership of the materials. When it is declared that copyrighted materials can be used at will, they can be used directly. When the material can't be used freely or there is no other statement, it needs to be authorized by the author or the platform, otherwise it may violate the relevant laws and regulations because of the infringement of the material. If you copy someone else's video by cloning, which leads to confusion, it is infringement. The infringed party may ask the other party to compensate the corresponding losses through legal channels.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 119 Internet users and network service providers who use the Internet to infringe upon the civil rights and interests of others shall bear tort liability. Where there are other provisions in the law, those provisions shall prevail.

Article 119 If a network user uses a network service to commit an infringement, the obligee has the right to notify the network service provider to take necessary measures such as deleting, blocking or disconnecting the link. The notice shall include the preliminary evidence of infringement and the true identity information of the obligee. After receiving the notice, the network service provider shall promptly forward the notice to the relevant network users and take necessary measures according to the preliminary evidence of infringement and the type of service; If necessary measures are not taken in time, the expanded damage shall be jointly and severally liable with the network users. If the obligee causes damage to the network user or network service provider due to the wrong notice, it shall bear the tort liability. Where there are other provisions in the law, those provisions shall prevail.