Copying foreign films for sale, if not licensed, must infringe copyright. If authorized, such behavior is legal; If no permission is obtained, but the circumstances are minor, it may not constitute a crime.
[Legal basis] Article 218 of the Criminal Law, if anyone knowingly sells infringing copies as prescribed in Article 217 of this Law for profit, and the amount of illegal gains is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined.
