What is the difference between piracy, copyright infringement and patent infringement?

Piracy refers to the act of copying and redistributing copyrighted works and publications without the consent or authorization of the copyright owner. Piracy generally refers to copyright infringement. Patent right and copyright are two different types of intellectual property rights, which belong to the three major components of intellectual property rights.

Piracy is an illegal act in China, ranging from civil liability to criminal liability. The consequences of patent infringement are similar to piracy, so I won't go into details. )

Legal basis:

Article 49 of the Copyright Law If copyright or copyright-related rights are infringed, the infringer shall compensate the obligee according to the actual losses; If the actual loss is difficult to calculate, it may be compensated according to the illegal income of the infringer. The amount of compensation shall also include the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee to stop the infringement.

If the actual loss of the obligee or the illegal income of the infringer cannot be determined, the people's court shall award compensation of less than 500,000 yuan according to the circumstances of the infringement.

Article 217 of the Criminal Law Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, commits one of the following cases of copyright infringement, and the amount of illegal gains is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or shall only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined:

(1) Reproduction and distribution of written works, music, movies, television and video works, computer software and other works without the permission of the copyright owner;

(2) Publishing books with exclusive publishing rights enjoyed by others;

(3) Reproduction and distribution of audio and video products made by the producer without the permission of the producer;

(4) producing or selling works of art with forged signatures of others.

Article 218 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, knowingly sells infringing copies specified in Article 217 of this Law, and the amount of illegal gains is huge, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined.