"Xiaoxiang College", founder of the illegal establishment of "MP3 music network" Sentenced

Read well-known website "Xiaoxiang College", founder of the establishment of illegal "MP3 music network" was sentenced

Reporters Ding Guofeng Lu Jin-Bao Jun correspondent

Since last year's grand literature was the CCTV exposure over the series of articles in the literature and website, widespread pornography and other vulgar content, and packed into a "network literature," to reap huge profits in the online sale, subject to public attention. Recently, it's well-known website "Xiaoxiang College" Baowei Kang, founder and general manager, set up the Internet for unauthorized "MP3 music network", have been investigated. Aug. 19, Jiangsu Province, Changshu City Court intellectual property court case for copyright infringement Baowei Kang made a first instance verdict, sentenced the defendant to Baowei Kang imprisonment for six months, suspended for one year, recovery of proceeds of crime and punishment section 99846.38 yuan of RMB 15 million.

It is understood that Baowei Kang Department of Suzhou people, college degrees, Ren Xiaoxiang College (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. General Manager of Cultural Development, also serves Suzhou Network Information Technology Co., Ltd. Jingwei General. Xiaoxiang College in the business, while 2007 onwards into the online music without approval on the establishment of the network "MP3 music network" to provide music audition, including members of the International Federation of Phonographic Industry Co., Ltd. Universal Music, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT ( HONG KONG) LIMITED, Taiwan, Sony Music Entertainment Inc., east Records Ltd., Warner Music Ltd., Warner Music Inc., Cinepoly Records Limited, Universal International, Ltd. and other copyrighted music 518 songs.

Prosecutor accused, the use of these songs have no legal right to the source, during the defendant Baowei Kang also allows others to the site placement, to provide ring tones downloads, access to relevant cost 99,846.68 yuan, part of the costs charged for to pay costs of web hosting service.

It is understood that since the State Council, the organization of national "doubles" special operation, the end of December 2010 the Ministry of Culture issued a notice of the rectification part music site, "MP3 Music" was included in the list of special rectification in Jiangsu Province by the Department of Culture, Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department, due to Baowei Kang leased servers in the telecommunications Changshu, Suzhou Public Security Detachment assigned Changshu City Public Security unit for filing. January 6, 2011, defendant Baowei Kang shut down infringing websites, and police received a phone call later, on January 13, 2011 to the Changshu City Public Security Bureau gave himself up. Police from the transaction Merchants Bank has verified the cost of access to advertising 99,846.68 yuan.

Court, the defendant Baowei Kang facts of the crime of copyright infringement for its no objection is raised, nor comments made excuse. Taking into account the Department of surrender, and after the incident has been out of all the proceeds of crime, the court made the above a lighter sentence.