Open the service and illegally profit the World of Warcraft private service case closed the main offender sentenced to 5 years in prison

The first case of the World of Warcraft private service in the country was concluded: the principal offender was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Obtain the "World of Warcraft" server-side program and related client programs from abroad, set up private services, and illegally profit more than 2.3 million yuan by charging players and selling weapons and other virtual items. The 31-year-old Chi Yusen and his brother, five defendants, were sentenced to two and a half years to five years in prison for copyright infringement.
According to the prosecution, since September 2012, Shanghai NetEase Network Technology Development Co., Ltd. has been authorized by Blizzard Entertainment International of the United States, and approved by the General Administration of Press and Publication and the Ministry of Culture, perhaps publishing and operating online games in mainland China. "World of Warcraft: The Mystery of Pandaren" and enjoy the corresponding copyright. From October 2012 to May 2013, 31-year-old Chi Yusen and his brother and other five defendants used a server-side program and related client programs obtained from overseas to access a network company in Taizhou, Zhejiang. Software, etc., set up "World of Warcraft" private service, and in the form of membership fees, sales of virtual goods and other forms of profit, from October 2012 illegal business amount of 2.33 million yuan. It has been found that the server of the Baidu network disk used to provide the download service for the client program and the lander software involved is located in Haidian District, Beijing. After being identified, the game involved in the "Warcraft Private Service" game and the "World of Warcraft: Pandaren Mystery" game constitutes substantially the same. During the trial, Brother Chi Yusen, with the assistance of his family, compensated Shanghai NetEase Network Technology Development Co., Ltd. for RMB 2.33 million. The public prosecutor believes that the criminal responsibility of five people should be investigated for the crime of copyright infringement. After the trial, the court held that the five people, including Chi Yusen, for the purpose of making profits, issued their computer software without the permission of the copyright owner, the circumstances were particularly serious, and their behavior constituted a crime of copyright infringement. Comprehensive consideration of the circumstances of the case, according to law, Chi Yusen was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, a fine of 1 million yuan; sentenced to a prison sentence of 3 years and 6 months, a fine of 200,000 yuan; respectively, sentenced to Hu Moumou, Li Moumou, Lu Mou The sentence was 2 years and 6 months and the fine was 100,000 yuan. After the verdict was pronounced, none of the five defendants filed an appeal.