While the world is enthusiastic about 'The Squid Game', which has emerged as the highest-grossing film in Netflix's history, it is also popular in China.
On Weibo (微博), the 'Chinese version of Twitter', 'squid game' once ranked ninth in popular search terms on the 26th, and the cumulative number of hits for the hashtag '#squid game#' has already exceeded 1.1 billion.
In addition, it ranked first in the real-time movie and drama popularity rankings on the rating site Douban (豆瓣).
However, China's explosive popularity for the 'squid game' is not always welcome.
This is because China is a region where Netflix is not officially serviced.
If you look closely at the captures of the 'squid game' floating around on Weibo, it is estimated that the video was distributed with a Chinese translation after accessing it using a VPN, a bypass access program.
In other words, all videos of 'Squid Game' with Chinese subtitles are illegal videos.
Therefore, no matter how popular 'Squid Game' is in China, economic profits do not return to domestic producers or distributors, Netflix.
China is one of the few countries in the world where Netflix is not available.
In particular, the official distribution of Korean movies and dramas was banned after the 'Hanhanryong' (Korean Wave Restriction), but most of the latest works are being used through illegal sites.
The Korea Copyright Protection Agency and content producers are responding to China's reckless piracy and distribution, but it is difficult to withstand China's mass offensive.
This is a 'news pick'.
(Photo = Weibo capture)