3 seconds after piecing together and changing words, it becomes "original" from the media
The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court recently disclosed an unfair competition case involving "manufacturing" software. The reporter's investigation found that——
Our reporter Liu Youting
Workers Daily (Version 06, June 16, 2022)
Shanghai Xincha Network Technology Co., Ltd., which developed a software called “Youzhuan We Media Assistant”, was ordered to pay Tencent 4.9 million yuan in compensation for unfair competition.
Recently, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court of Guangdong Province disclosed the case.
With the development of self-media, traffic competition has spawned a large number of writing assistants for "washing manuscripts".
"You can write by entering the title, 70% of the high originality" "The media tool that allows you to do N times with less effort, you can replace the content of the manuscript with synonyms" "By extracting the keywords of the article, it can easily help users achieve pseudo-original purposes, Repetition rate reduced to below 30%”…
A reporter from the "Workers Daily" recently searched the web for "pseudo-original" and "washing", and many advertisements for "washing" software appeared.
Some webpages even specially made a collection of "manufacturing" software, providing download addresses for 23 "manufacturing" software.
It is the customary practice of "cleaning" software to provide a limited number of "cleaning" services for free to attract users.
If the user wants to continue to use or use more functions, he needs to pay for the service and become a member.
The reporter entered a paragraph through a pseudo-original tool: "Under the epidemic, it is not easy for every company. The restaurant's response strategy is to do a good job of word of mouth. In order to make the front-line anti-epidemic personnel eat better, the restaurant also took the initiative to Fruits, yogurt, etc. were given away.”
After the reporter clicked "Generate pseudo-original now", the page prompts "AI robot is rewriting".
After 3 seconds, the input content was rewritten as: "Under the epidemic, it is not easy for every business. This restaurant should establish a good reputation for its response. In order to make the front-line epidemic prevention personnel eat better, the restaurant also took the initiative to give away fruits. , yogurt, etc."
"After a week of editing, I don't want to be original again." New media practitioner Zhang Juncheng (pseudonym) admitted frankly.
He made a special investigation on the "manufacturing" industry chain, and encountered "teachers" who received apprentices for 988 yuan to teach their experience, and also promoted software, "Intermediaries" that show off earnings.
In Zhang Juncheng's view, "washing the manuscript" is undoubtedly wrong.
"At present, the platforms are fighting each other, and the incentive mechanism to promote the production of high-quality content is good, but when the 'washing party' picks original fruits in a grand manner, who is willing to work hard?"
The reporter learned that various platforms have rectified the behavior of "washing manuscripts".
WeChat released the "2021 Brand and Third-Party Copyright Protection Report", proposing to use innovation to protect creations. In terms of copyright protection, the platform uses "original statements", "public account paid articles", and "complaint collegial mechanism" to protect copyright rights. People provide protection of rights and values.
"'Manuscript washing' is essentially plagiarism. Adapting someone else's work and signing it as one's own not only violates the author's right of authorship, but also infringes the author's right to protect the integrity of the work and the right of adaptation." Guangdong Yaowen Law Firm Lawyer Zhang Aidong said.
Zhang Aidong believes that the "manufacturing" software and platform are providing technical measures for others to carry out infringing activities. If the platform operator is aware of it, it is subjectively at fault, and the platform that provides "manufacturing" services for users should also bear the corresponding responsibility.
"For 'washing' plagiarism, we need to crack down on the source." Zhang Aidong said that after most of the works were plagiarized, the authors did not find or found it but did not have the ability to protect their rights, so the intervention of administrative law enforcement is more needed, not just relying on parties' rights.
At the same time, he suggested that the court should increase the amount of damages awarded in copyright cases and protect innovation more effectively.
"Currently, the amount of compensation awarded for copyright is generally low, and an excessively low amount of compensation will seriously affect the enthusiasm of the parties to protect their rights and encourage the arrogance of the infringer." Zhang Aidong said, "The 'manufacturing' software is essentially software that is professionally engaged in infringing activities. The application of punitive damages should be increased.”