Zhongxin Finance, April 22 (Reporter Song Yusheng) The reporter was informed that a few days ago, the "Story of Yanxi Palace" short video algorithm recommendation case was held in the second instance of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court.

"Story of Yanxi Palace" poster

　　According to the court, Beijing iQiyi Technology Co., Ltd. believed that the Toutiao App operated by Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd. used algorithm recommendation technology to disseminate and recommend the short video uploaded by users from "Story of Yanxi Palace" to the public. The broadcast volume was extremely high, which infringed on the information network dissemination rights enjoyed by iQiyi, and sued the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing, asking Byte Company to compensate for economic losses and reasonable expenses totaling 30 million yuan.

　　After trial, Beijing Haidian Court ruled that Byte Company should compensate 1.5 million yuan and reasonable expenses of 500,000 yuan.

Both parties disagreed and appealed to the Beijing Intellectual Property Court.

　　In the trial held on April 20 this year, iQIYI appealed that the alleged infringement by Byte Company was established, and the first-instance judgment was too low to compensate for the economic losses of iQIYI, and requested a verdict in favor of iQIYI. all first-instance claims.

Court scene.

Photo courtesy of Beijing Intellectual Property Court

　　Byte Company appealed, claiming that iQIYI failed to prove that it had obtained the authorization of all the copyright owners of "Story of Yanxi Palace"; Byte Company and users did not constitute division of labor and cooperation and joint infringement; the warning letter sent by iQIYI did not constitute a "Effective notice", Byte Company subjectively did not know or should know, and took the initiative to take copyright control measures.

Accordingly, the Byte Company appealed for a revised judgment to reject all of iQIYI's claims or remand for a retrial.

　　During the trial, the collegial panel summarized the points of dispute between the two parties.

Among them, whether iQiyi has the right to disseminate information on the TV series "Story of Yanxi Palace" involved and has the right to file a lawsuit in this case; whether Byte Company and short video uploading network users constitute division of labor and cooperation and joint infringement; Byte Company Whether it constitutes aiding infringement; if it is determined that the infringement liability is established, how to determine the economic losses and reasonable expenses that Byte Company should compensate.

　　Both parties fully expressed their views on the above-mentioned disputes and conducted heated debates.

The trial lasted more than three hours.

　　At present, the case is in the process of further trial.

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