Cybercrime
Offences in relation to making or dealing with infringing articles, etc.
Offences relating to making or dealing with infringing articles are set out in Section 118 of the Copyright Ordinance (Chapter 528). The more common offences can be found in Section 118(1) which include, among other things, the following criminal activities:
- making infringing copies for sale or hire (Section 118(1)(a));
- importing infringing copies into Hong Kong or exporting infringing copies from Hong Kong, for purposes other than private and domestic use (Section 118(1)(b), (c));
- selling, hiring, offering or exposing for sale or hire infringing copies (Section 118(1)(d));
- exhibiting in public or distributing infringing copies for the purpose of commercial dealings (Section 118(1)(e));
- possessing infringing copies for the purpose of commercial dealings (Section 118(1)(f));
- distributing infringing copies not for the purpose of commercial dealings but to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the economic interest of the copyright owner (Section 118(1)(g)).
