(Interview between the two sessions) Director Zheng Xiaolong criticizes plagiarism and plagiarism in literary works: it is the same as stealing things

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 4 (Reporter Song Yusheng) "In my opinion, plagiarism and plagiarism of literary works are the same as stealing things." Zheng Xiaolong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, accepted China News Service on March 4. During the reporter's interview, he talked about the issue of intellectual property protection that has recently attracted much attention.

He believes that the protection of intellectual property rights should start from bit by bit, and plagiarism and plagiarism should be dealt with severely.

　　At the end of 2020, under the boycott of more than 100 screenwriters, directors, producers, and writers, Guo Jingming and Yu Zheng publicly apologized for their plagiarism many years ago.

This incident has aroused the attention and discussion of the Chinese public, and has also caused practitioners in the film and television industry to pay more attention to the protection of intellectual property rights.

　　This year, Zheng Xiaolong's proposal submitted to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is related to this topic.

He emphasized that plagiarism and plagiarism in the cultural field should be punished by law; at the same time, the industry should focus on the details to protect the rights of original creators.

　　Zheng Xiaolong noticed that some TV stations and theaters "cut the beginning and end" when they broadcast film and television works.

"In order to increase the advertising time, they will shorten the opening and ending credits or even directly remove them, causing the subtitles introducing the main creators to flash by, or even disappear. This is actually a manifestation of disrespect for the creator's authorship."

　　He proposed in the proposal that the industry should pay more attention to the authorship of film and television works.

"I think respecting intellectual property rights should start bit by bit, and we must be serious about these issues. Can the management department make specific requirements to better protect the authorship rights of film and television creators."

　　At the National People's Congress this year, many representatives of the National People's Congress and CPPCC National Committee members mentioned related issues.

　　"We talk about the protection of intellectual property rights that must be implemented on specific issues. We should not just say'emphasis on intellectual property rights' in general terms. Among them, first of all, we must respect the author’s authorship rights." In Zheng Xiaolong’s view, increase the protection of intellectual property The degree of protection is not only conducive to protecting the creative enthusiasm of original creators, but also to further cultivate the public’s awareness of innovation.

　　Zheng Xiaolong also discovered that some film and television works have "the whole show's "cottage" and other works".

"Some directors pick up some fragments from other works, and some work may just change actors for the whole scene, and the plot structure and scheduling are directly transplanted from other works."

　　"These practices are not beneficial to innovation," he told reporters. "Once such behaviors as plagiarism and plagiarism become a trend, they may make a country and a nation lose the spirit of innovation. We should form a consensus, that is, the so-called'copycat'. 'Not a thing to be proud of."

　　Zheng Xiaolong said frankly that for such problems, penalties should be further increased.

"Plaagiarism and plagiarism in film and television works should be punished by law as soon as they are discovered, and they should be dealt with severely."

　　The reporter noticed that starting June 1 this year, the revised copyright law will be implemented soon.

Among them, the upper limit of statutory compensation for infringement has been greatly increased, the definition and type of works have been improved, and the legitimate rights and interests of creators have been further protected.

　　On March 3, the Supreme People's Court of China issued a judicial interpretation, which made specific provisions on the scope of application of punitive damages in civil intellectual property cases, the determination of intentional and serious circumstances, and the determination of calculation bases and multiples.

The person in charge of the Third Civil Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court of China stated that there is a problem of low compensation in intellectual property cases; in this regard, judicial interpretations have greatly increased the cost of infringement and punish serious violations of intellectual property rights according to law.

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