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National Copyright Administration: crack down on infringement and piracy of cinema films

February 21, 2019 08:51 | Source: Guangming Daily
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Original title: National Copyright Administration: Cracking Down on Film Infringement and Piracy

During the Spring Festival, 8 domestic films were shown on domestic cinemas, which is the same as the total box office of the Spring Festival file of 5.8 billion yuan. The National Copyright Administration announced that as of February 17, the relevant departments had handled 7699 pirated film infringement links. It is understood that after nearly half a month's efforts by many departments, the current momentum of infringement has been curbed to a certain extent.

High definition pirated film will flow out after 36 hours of film release, as low as 1 yuan

On the fourth day of the new year, the box office of the film Wandering Earth broke through the 1 billion yuan mark. The box office and public praise were both good. The production team had no time to celebrate, but instead devoted all their energy to complaints and blocking piracy. On the same day, Guo Fan, the director of Wandering Earth, said publicly on his microblog that Wandering Earth had encountered piracy. "Recently, there have been some phenomena of piracy on the Internet. If relatives have found something or have clues to provide, please send a private message to our producers.".

Many Spring Festival films, such as "Wandering Earth", "Crazy Aliens" and "Flying Life", were released on the first day of the New Year, and pirated versions appeared on the Internet the next day. The reporter searched for "Wandering Earth" on a platform, and a large number of pirated movie resources have been sold. "Wandering Earth, ultra clear resources, non gun versions", some of which sell for as little as 1 yuan. Open the pirated link, and you can directly watch high-definition cinema movies, some of which even reach the definition of movie trailers.

On February 10, the National Copyright Administration announced the way to report infringement and piracy through its official microblog It once became a hot topic on the Internet, and many netizens actively participated in reporting infringement links to relevant departments.

Wu Guanyong, deputy director of the Monitoring Center of the China Copyright Association, said: "From the monitoring data this year, compared with last year, the number of pirated movie links has decreased, by about 17.1% compared with the same period in 2018. However, in previous years, most pirated films were recorded by movie theaters without clear pictures. This year, there are more high-definition media, and some films were released 36 hours after they were released, seriously affecting the Spring Festival film market. "

Only by cracking down on piracy can domestic films be protected

According to the relevant monitoring data of the National Copyright Administration, this year there was no infringement and piracy of Spring Festival films on regular video websites, and most of the illegal acts were concentrated on small "three no" websites that had not been filed, with some pirated website servers located overseas. Some pirated content and links are directly published by a third party on microblogs, online disks and other platforms, or illegally sold by a third party on e-commerce platforms.

Next, the National Copyright Administration will work with the National Film Administration, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other relevant departments to dig deep into the source of piracy, and increase efforts to crack down on movie theaters' illegal filming and recording; Strictly investigate and deal with websites, APPs, WeChat public accounts and e-commerce operators that sell and disseminate pirated films, and those with serious circumstances will be handed over to the public security department for criminal punishment; Further strengthen law enforcement cooperation with relevant countries and regions to jointly combat cross-border network infringement.

The relevant person in charge of the National Copyright Administration said that the right holders and their organizations, Internet enterprises and the public are welcome to use the website of the National Copyright Administration ("Online Report" column), the WeChat official account of the National Copyright Administration and the acceptance email( guojiabanquan@163.com )Actively report, jointly crack down on infringement and piracy, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of copyright owners, stimulate innovation and creativity, and promote cultural prosperity. Relevant infringement cases will be handled according to law.

(Our reporter Chen Xue)

(Editor in charge: Gong Feifei, Wang Heng)

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