It is illegal to sell pirated courses. Selling pirated online classes is an illegal act of copyright infringement. If the perpetrator sells pirated courses, and if the perpetrator knows that the course sold is a work that infringes the copyright of others, and the amount of illegal income is huge, it constitutes the crime of selling infringing copies, and he needs to bear criminal responsibility. The sentencing standard is: a prison sentence of not more than three years Imprisonment or criminal detention, and either a fine or a fine. According to Chinese law, anyone who commits the crime of selling infringing copies shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined.

What are the constituent elements of the crime of copyright infringement:

1. Object elements. The objects of the crime of copyright infringement are the country’s copyright management system and other people’s copyrights and copyright-related rights and interests. , the objects of the crime are other people's works, books, audio recordings, video products and artistic works that counterfeit other people's signatures;

2. Objective elements, the crime of copyright infringement objectively manifests itself as infringement of copyright and copyright-related rights and interests, Acts with serious circumstances;

3. Subject requirements. The subject of the crime of copyright infringement is a general subject, including natural persons who have reached the age of criminal responsibility and have the ability to be criminally responsible, as well as those who have obtained the approval of the state and who have not been authorized by the state. Approval of units engaged in publishing and distribution activities;

4. Subjective elements. The crime of copyright infringement is subjectively intentional and has the purpose of making profit.

Legal basis: Article 217 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

The crime of copyright infringement is for the purpose of profit, and the following infringements of copyright or related to copyright If the amount of illegal gains is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and concurrently or solely with a fine; if the amount of illegal gains is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to not less than three years and not more than ten Imprisonment of not more than 10 years and a fine:

(1) Reproduction, distribution, and dissemination to the public through information networks of written works, music, fine arts, audio-visual works, computer software and legal, Other works stipulated in administrative regulations;

(2) Publishing books for which others have exclusive publishing rights;

(3) Copying, distributing, Disseminating audio and video recordings produced by the performer to the public through information networks;

(4) Copying and distributing audio and video recordings of his or her performance without the permission of the performer, or disseminating his or her performance to the public through information networks ;

(5) Producing and selling works of art that counterfeit the signature of others;

(6) Deliberately avoiding or destroying works without the permission of the copyright owner or copyright-related rights holder. Technical measures taken by the right holder to protect copyright or copyright-related rights for its works, audio and video products, etc.