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Is it illegal to sell adult videos?
It is illegal to sell adult pornographic videos. Whoever sells adult obscene videos, if the circumstances are serious enough to constitute the crime of spreading obscene articles, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If it does not constitute a crime, it shall be detained by the public security organ on 10- 15, and may be fined not more than 3,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for less than 5 days or fined for less than 500 yuan.

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Article 364 of the Criminal Law

Whoever disseminates obscene books, periodicals, movies, audio-visual, pictures or other obscene articles, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

Article 68 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law

Whoever makes, transports, copies, sells or rents obscene books, periodicals, pictures, movies, audio-visual products and other obscene articles or uses computer information networks, telephones and other communication tools to disseminate obscene information shall be detained for more than 10 days and less than 15 days, and may also be fined less than 3,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.