[Art Review] Who gave the courage to dance "pixel-level plagiarism"?
Plagiarism has entered a new realm.
The people's eyes are sharp, and they even invented a new word to describe this "realm" - pixel-level plagiarism.
This means that "Only This Green" was plagiarized.
Recently, a dance program "Shuangxiang Path" released by the video account of the Children's Channel of Zhejiang TV Station was questioned as plagiarizing "Only This Green".
"It's almost copied, and the clothing and action elements are almost 99% similar."
Zhou Liya, the director of "Only Green", said.
To this end, she raised questions on the video account of the publisher, but it was deleted and blocked in less than 30 minutes.
Compared with the apology after the auto brand Audi's commercial "Little Man" almost copied the copywriting of "Peking University Mange" and quickly overturned, although "Shuangxiang Path" is highly similar to "Only Green" in many aspects , but the publisher not only did not apologize for the first time, but chose to delete and block rights defenders.
Who gave them courage?
This is not the first time Zhou Liya has encountered plagiarism.
She and Han Zhen, another choreographer of "Only Green", said in an interview with the media that their choreographed dance drama "Eternal Wave", "Fisher Light Song", "Du Fu" and "Beauty Walk" have also been frequently criticized before. plagiarism.
However, "many times, there is no way or way to defend rights. This is a very troublesome thing, and it will pass if it passes."
In fact, compared with plagiarism in literature, music and other fields, the identification of plagiarism in dance works is facing difficulties.
As early as 2006, the first case of copyright infringement of a dance work occurred in China.
During the trial of the case, the court for the first time established the legal standard for judging whether a dance work constitutes a substantial similarity.
The content of the judgment mentioned that "the comparison of movements should be the comparison of two continuous dance movements that can express certain thoughts and emotions", that is, the comparison of still segments of non-selected pictures.
Professionals believe that the definition of "substantial similarity" in dance works has unique difficulties.
Whether there is substantial similarity or plagiarism between two independent dances, there is no standard for judging whether it is in the field of law or dance, whether in the field of theory or practice.
Since 2006, there has been no other similar case.
The difficulty of legal identification may be the source of the plagiarism's courage.
However, as the incident quickly attracted attention, many industry experts expressed their views to the media: "Shuangxiang Path" is suspected of infringement.
"Only from the screenshots of existing news reports, the dance movements and costumes of the two works "Only Green" and "Shuangxiang Path" are indeed highly similar, which is in line with the characteristics of infringement."
Liu Hongyu, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and founding partner of Beijing Jincheng Tongda Law Firm, said that to determine whether a dance work is plagiarized, it is not just a simple reference to a certain movement and costume, but a series of coherent movements, formation changes, and choreography. , lighting, props and other elements are all within the scope of copyright protection, and are also elements to examine whether infringement.
China Oriental Performing Arts Group, the producer of "Only Blue and Green", also issued a statement for this, in line with the attitude of "calculating old accounts and new accounts together" and resolutely defending their rights.
Under the scolding of public opinion and the attitude of the copyright owner to take up legal weapons and prepare to "act the truth", the publisher of "Double Fragrance Path" stopped being "hard-mouthed" and quickly deleted the "work".
Under the double blow of public opinion and the law, the plagiarists are shriveled-this has to make people sigh that it is far from enough to restrain infringement by "self-discipline". I hope that after this incident, more people will be able to take the challenge without fear. Use legal weapons to protect your original rights.