media - Is banning an illegal magazine bad?

What happens when you do something illegal in China, like publishing a magazine without the legally required permission? You might get banned, as happened to the Rolling Stone magazine that was - after being sold out anyway - removed from the newsagents on the order of the authorities in charge.
The correspondent of the Independent calls it a legal technicality. Well, you might not agree with the licensing system, but that does not reduce it to a legal technicality. When you want to bring out a high-profile magazine like Rolling Stone you better cover your back - and there are enough ways to do that.