Related freedom of explanation, said the seller's practice is clearly a violation of copyright, if the amount of take a large amount of money, the amount of profit is high, may constitute a crime of copyright infringement. The exposure of TV drama samples is not the first time, in 2017 the hit TV drama "In the Name of the People" also disastrously leaked samples. At the time, Zhou Meisen, the scriptwriter of the TV series, had publicly raged, "If it is not dealt with seriously, it will seriously damage the image of our country's rule of law." With the current immature development of the movie and TV drama market, intellectual property rights deserve particular attention, so let's wait for the results of an investigation into the matter.
Some fans of the drama "spared no expense" to fill the Tencent video VIP members, anxious netizens and even extra money to watch the early on-demand. While the VIP members are waiting for the time to update, some episodes that have not yet been aired have been quietly circulated on microblogs and online disks, and some clips have been moved to Shake, most of which are also marked with the watermark of "sent for review sample".
In some social platforms, the red star news free even found that some people with free net disk to sell the whole TV series, the price of 8.8 yuan. August 4, "thirty only" producer lemon budding film a drama publicity person in charge of the red star news free told the company found that the dailies leaked after the evidence has been collected, the first time in Beijing and Shanghai police, is currently waiting for the police investigation.
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Freedom: sellers or constitute a crime of copyright infringement
August 3-4, the red star news free in microblogging, QQ search "thirty just dailies", found that more than one dailies for sale of the blogger and QQ group. The red star news free to add a sale of dailies blogger, it said, as long as the payment of 8.8 yuan, you can send all the episodes through the free cloud disk. In addition to this, she has other TV drama resources and can keep in touch to provide long-term service.
Where do they get their sources from? These sellers do not want to talk about it.
Long engaged in the field of media film and television copyright legal affairs of Beijing Yunting Freedom Firm Zhang Qi Freedom told Red Star News Freedom, this situation may be the producer commissioned by the post-production or editing and processing side of the leakage, but also may be other links. Producers commissioned post-production or editing at the same time will sign a confidentiality agreement. If the investigation confirms that the post-production side caused the leakage of the dailies, they may be suspected of violating trade secrets.
Red Star News freely found that through microblogging, WeChat, QQ and other social platforms to sell TV dramas, movie sources are not a few cases, and even has formed a black market.
For these sellers, Zhang Qi believes that their practice is a clear violation of copyright, and if taken in large quantities, the amount of profit is high, may constitute a crime of copyright infringement.
Lime Moe Pictures: has collected evidence, the first time the police
Lime Moe Pictures a drama publicity responsible person told Red Star News free, the company found that some platforms have the sale of dailies, has been the first time to collect evidence, contact the platform to report these sales of free. At the same time in Beijing and Shanghai police, is currently waiting for the police investigation feedback.
The exposure of TV drama dailies is not the first time, the hit TV drama "In the Name of the People" in 2017 also suffered a tragic leak of dailies. At the time, Zhou Meisen, the scriptwriter of the TV series, publicly raged, "If it is not dealt with seriously, it will seriously damage the image of our country's rule of law."
Zhang Qi freely suggested that the producer and Tencent Video, which has the right to distribute the work online, could file an infringement complaint with the platform that distributed the source. The platform party has the obligation to take down the film in time, and should do so within three days of receiving the complaint, and if the platform party does not disconnect the freedom or take down the film in time, the platform party will also become an infringer.
Zhang Qi free also suggested that platforms involved in selling film sources such as microblogging, free online disk should take the initiative to exercise reasonable care, for the infringement of hot drama can not turn a blind eye to the initiative to retrieve through big data or keywords, shielding these free.