Chinanews client, Beijing, August 23 (Reporter Song Yusheng) The copyright issue of the hit TV series "Cracking Black Storm" is now causing another "storm" on the Internet.
This new drama, which was launched two weeks ago, has attracted much attention because of its plots based on real cases in the special struggle against crime and evil.
However, since August 18, the copyright issue of the play has become a topic of concern to many netizens.
Sweeping Storm Official WeChat Screenshot
On the 18th, Tencent Video filed a lawsuit against Douyin over the infringement of the TV series "Sweeping Dark Storm" broadcast on its platform.
According to Tencent, since the start of the show, there have been a large number of unauthorized removal and cutting of infringing videos of "Sweeping Dark Storm" on Douyin.
Tencent Video sued Douyin to the court, requesting a ruling that Beijing Weibo Vision Technology Co., Ltd., the operating entity of Douyin, should immediately take effective measures to delete, filter, and intercept infringing videos on the Douyin platform, and stop distributing the infringing videos involved in the case. Acts of legitimate interests, and compensation for economic losses and rights protection expenses, totaling 100 million yuan.
The complaint of the case.
Image courtesy of Tencent
In this regard, the relevant legal person in charge of Douyin gave the reply: Previously, "Sweeping Dark Storm" has established a cooperative relationship with Douyin, and the third party that cooperated with Tencent to undertake "Sweeping Dark Storm" opened the official work on Douyin. The account has published 80 works and has received nearly 10 million likes, and is still being updated.
The cooperation also requires Douyin to plan hot topics and other operational activities for "Black Storm".
In addition, the previous Tencent company's complaints against "Cracking Black Storm", Douyin has also been promptly handled offline.
Later on the 18th, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court confirmed to reporters that the court accepted that Shanghai Tencent Penguin Film and Television Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Tencent Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. sued Beijing Weibo Vision Technology Co., Ltd. for infringing on the right to disseminate information on the network and improperly. Competition dispute case.
The reporter noticed that the Douyin platform does have an authenticated "Official Account for TV Drama "Sweeping Dark Storm", with the account name "TV Drama Sweeping Dark Storm".
The content posted by this account are all short videos related to the play, and short video works will continue to be released after the court accepts the case.
Douyin screenshot
The reporter asked Tencent about this on the same day, but received no further response.
Since then, some netizens have claimed that the resources of the complete collection of "Sweeping Dark Storm" have been leaked, and some media have pointed out that the price of the video resources that are publicly sold online is only about 6 yuan.
On the 21st, the "Anti-Piracy Statement" was issued on the official Weibo of "Sweeping Black Storm", stating that someone on the Internet illegally spread and sold pirated content of the TV series "Sweeping Black Storm" without permission, which seriously disrupted the TV series "Sweeping Black Storm". The normal broadcasting order infringes the legitimate rights and interests of the producer and broadcasting platform, and also causes great harm to creators and viewers, and is suspected of constituting a criminal offence.
The statement called on netizens and viewers to watch the TV series "Sweeping Dark Storm" through legal platforms, not to watch pirated content, and not to forward or spread pirated content without authorization.
Subsequently, Tencent Video announced that it "has called the police."
Sweeping Storm Official WeChat Statement
On the same day, Douyin once again responded to the infringement lawsuit initiated by Tencent.
In addition to reiterating that "Sweeping Dark Storm" officially took the initiative to cooperate with Douyin for publicity and dissemination, this statement also clarified that the Douyin platform has processed more than 8,000 complaints from Tencent.
According to information from Tencent, "Black Storm" was broadcast on CCTV, Dragon TV, and Beijing Satellite TV, and it was broadcast exclusively on the entire network by Tencent Video.
Obviously, the copyright issue surrounding this play is not limited to "unauthorized removal and cutting."
Furthermore, there are still issues to be solved, such as how to leak the full set of resources, and how to cooperate with long and short videos.
The "copyright storm" that "Sweeping Dark Storm" set off outside the drama is the same as the plot adapted from real cases in the drama, and it should also be answered.
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