Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - Is it illegal to watch pornographic videos?

Is it illegal to watch pornographic videos?

Legal analysis: Under normal circumstances, it is not a crime for individuals to enjoy "love action movies" at home. The legal provisions related to "love action movies" in criminal law are mainly the above two crimes: one is the crime of making, copying, publishing, selling and spreading obscene articles for profit; The other is the crime of spreading obscene articles.

Legal basis: Article 364 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) disseminates obscene books, periodicals, movies, audio-visual, pictures or other obscene articles. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance. Whoever organizes the broadcast of obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined. Whoever makes or copies obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products for broadcasting shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph. Whoever disseminates obscene articles to minors under the age of 18 shall be given a heavier punishment.