卖翻版mp3将被控什么罪？严不严重？

虾米笑仔

我有个朋友，只是打工仔。。。在某间电脑店打工，有一天有牵涉歌的版权政府人员取缔！

当时有两名员工，其中一名是我朋友~因此事我朋友打电话叫老板过来解决，结果解决不到，两名员工和他老板被抓进警察局被扣留5天做调查~他的老板没承认是这间店的老板。。。

问题来了，他们被告上法庭，我朋友他老板请来律师为他辩护，并发出一份问题回答的纸给我朋友和他老板回答，共31题~

我朋友给我看了一遍那份问题回答纸，虽不是记得全部，但还记得几道问题回答~希望对于这项控罪或本身是律师有经验的了解我朋友是否依照律师的问题回答纸回答法官~

31题里我取一些比较重要而我记得的给大家看一下~这些都是我朋友上法庭回答的 （马来文翻译华文解说）

1.这间店是谁是老板？
答：我的（我朋友）

2.这间店的执照是谁的名下？
答：是XXX的名下（他老板）！，我是跟XXX租借执照做生意~

3.为什么你用他人的名字（老板）注册？
答：因为卖电脑与硬件公司执照很难申请，所以我跟XXX（老板）租借执照来开店！

4.你跟XXX（老板）只是租借执照给你别无其他利益和生意来往？你向XXX租借执照多少钱？
答： 是的，我每个月都给RM3000!

5.你卖什么CD？
答：我卖很多CD!有教育的，软件的，游戏的还有MP3...

6.谁批发这些CD给你？有没有收据，联络号吗？怎样交易？
答：这些都是批发商的，没有名字没有收据，没有联络号吗，每次交易都是来店门市交易！

7.AAA（另一名员工）是谁？
答：他是我的员工，我请他帮我看店！

8.AAA这人在哪里？有办法联络他吗？
答：AAA以不在我的店工作了，没有联络地址和电话，听说他去了新加坡工作！

其他忘记了。。。记不了那么多~ 请问你们看了这段回答问题有什么看法？

我朋友应不应该依照他老板的律师回答这31题问题答卷？

我本身有点怀疑，他老板把责任推卸给我朋友洗拖自己的罪名。。。但我朋友会不会受到法律的制裁？
虽是证人，他老板是被告。。。会不会证人因此也会被告？

因为版权的追究事情不小，我朋友承认自己是老板并说是自己卖翻版MP3跟他老板无关~我朋友将会被控什么罪行？严不严重？

请各位有经验人士或者律师或者熟通这事件发表你们的看法和意见，教教我朋友该怎么做？

我真不希望我朋友为了这不值得事因此毁了他前途

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贩卖mp3 - 翻版， 是侵犯了1987年版权法令 - 在未经过同意私自翻印作品为商业用途。以下是法令的条文细节。
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[Am. Act A1082 - Text of subsection (b) prior to amendment read - collections of works eligible for copyright which, by reason of the selection and arrangement of their contents, constitute intellectual creation.]

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Provided that this subsection does not apply to an edition which reproduces the typographical arrangement of a previous edition of the same work or works.

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你的朋友被提空的罪应该是刑事发案。而通常这些案件是由贸销部接获大马唱片版权公司的投诉， 而遭突击然后提控你的朋友。至于罪行方面：是看贸销部提控你朋友多少首歌曲来计算。如果最成的话，将被罚款根据每一首歌曲至少马币两千块或不超过马币两万块或监禁不超过三年或两者兼施！ 以过去的案件来看，翻版案件， 大马唱片版权有限公司从未输过官司，因为他们的证据是非常的充足！

据你的口供来说，你的朋友是替他老板顶罪了。我个人觉得，这个老板还有人情味，因为还会为员工雇请律师。律师在这个情况之下， 是协助你的朋友把罚款减低。 罪肯定是定了，那得以看护方律师如何和主控管交涉。也得看主控管在这个案件的资深是多少。根据过去的案例来看，通常是会被罚款至少马币一万块就了事。