Chapter 278 Hou Renjun Is Unhappy With the Infringing Video Off the Shelf (1/3 Ask for a Monthly Pass)
"Brother Dao, my fans are telling me that Yang Qian has released some new songs! They're pretty good, and that song "Love Has to Come" suits me very well. Should we hurry up and arrange it too!"
On Friday morning, Hou Renjun, who had just returned from Saibei Commercial Performance yesterday, came to their Wolf Star Cultural Communication Company excitedly and found Adao, the music director who had worked with him many times and was very talented in arrangement.
However, Adao was not as excited as before. Instead, he had a heavy look on his face and raised his hand to rub his eyebrows.
"What's wrong? Brother Tao, is there something wrong?"
Hou Renjun was also very good at observing words and expressions, and he could see A'Tao's troubled mood at a glance.
"We received a lawyer's letter a few days ago, and this Yang Qian came to our door, saying that we adapted and covered his songs without permission."
Adao spread his hands and said helplessly.
In fact, Hou Renjun's agent should have told him this matter, but they had just returned from Saibei, and Hou Renjun's agent is probably still in a meeting!
"Lawyer's letter? Isn't this normal? Let the company's legal affairs talk to them and see how they can settle the matter with some money."
Hou Renjun didn't care.
Has he done enough infringements?
After becoming popular on the Internet, Hou Renjun continued to act in business, traveling all over the country, and even appeared with some popular stars, which can be said to be particularly beautiful.
But Hou Renjun's own songs are few, and none of them are popular.
When it became popular, the song "Brothers" he adapted was also someone else's song!
Needless to say, he was later accused and held accountable by the original singer.
However, the original singer was originally a small musician with little fame and little ability. To a certain extent, his voice on the Internet was to seek popularity for himself, for fame and fortune.
In the end, Wolf Star Culture and the other party reached a private settlement. Anyway, compared with the money Hou Renjun made for them after he became famous, this copyright fee is really not worth mentioning.
Moreover, Hou Renjun also invited the original singer to shoot a short video together, satisfying the other person's desire to "catch up on the popularity" and giving fans a seemingly amiable explanation...
Hou Renjun thought that Yang Qian was just like other young musicians and just gave him some money. Wolf Star Culture also thought this was the case at first, so they deliberately delayed it until the operation department of the short video platform called.
"The short video platform has also been sued, and I heard that not only our two defendants, but the boss has also been angry with many MCNs. Basically, those who have covered Yang Qian's songs have received letters from lawyers."
Adao told him.
"Is Yang Qian crazy? He sued all the hundreds of people who covered his songs? Does he have so much money and energy to do this?"
Hou Renjun looked in disbelief.
He used to think that everyone played according to the rules of the short video platform. I sing your songs and make your songs popular. You just accept the traffic dividends silently. Don't tear your face apart. This will not be fun for everyone.
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But Yang Qian was obviously unwilling to play according to their rules, so he overturned the table.
"I heard from people on the short video platform that they went to Shanghai to find his company, and they directly hired a law firm and hired dozens of lawyers to help him fight these lawsuits. Moreover, I heard that there was no evidence whatsoever.
Yes, they were collecting evidence a few months ago."
Adao made Hou Renjun, who still had a fluke mentality that "the law does not blame everyone", understand the seriousness of the matter.
"Not only our singing was accused, but several businesses we previously cooperated with were also accused."
Hou Renjun's manager Ma Chunsong happened to open the door and come in. He had finished the meeting and was in a very complicated mood. His solemn expression was not much better than A'tao's.
The attitude of those merchants is not as easy to talk to as the short video platform!
After all, they are Party A.
Moreover, they meant to shift the responsibility to Hou Renjun, and let Hou Renjun bear their liability for compensation, or bear most of it, on the grounds that they did not know.
These will definitely be fought in court when the time comes, but the defendants have already started to quarrel with each other and have no intention of uniting with the outside world. Obviously, they are more likely to lose the case in court!
You may have to pay a lot of money to lose! It is not as simple as the tens of thousands of yuan Hou Renjun thought at first...
Even with the money Hou Renjun makes, he can afford to pay for it, but once such a trouble comes out, the media reports it, and the scandal spreads everywhere, will those merchants still dare to let Hou Renjun sing those infringing works in the future?
Ma Chunsong and the company's senior management are worried about future problems!
"Lao Ma, I don't think it's appropriate for him to do this? Is it necessary to go to war like this? Is there anything we can't discuss? Just submit a lawyer's letter directly?"
Hou Renjun hasn't turned his head around yet, but now he feels that his infringement is natural. It's incredible that you come back to sue me after helping you become famous.
"The short video platform just called me again. They still haven't reached a settlement with Yang Qian. Now they can only remove all your audio and video works that cover his songs. They haven't done this. I guess other platforms have notified you.
It will also come out soon.”
Ma Chunsong sighed with Hou Renjun and told him the bigger "bad news".
Although the removal of these works will not hurt Hou Renjun, who already has more than 6 million fans, the heartache and physical pain are definitely unavoidable.
Because the videos he shot before covering Yang Qian's songs have basically received 18 million views, and there are also versions in which he collaborated with some celebrities!
The most important thing is that there are two videos here, which were pinned to the top of the homepage by Hou Renjun, the wild version of "Goodbye", and the Beauty and the Beast version of "Want to Sing Me to You" sung with an internet celebrity singer, respectively.
It was the key to his second and third success.
The cumulative views of these two videos have exceeded 100 million, they are very popular, and they have continued to attract traffic to him. If they were taken down, Hou Renjun would certainly feel very sad!
"Why can't they handle the pressure? The short video platform is so big..."
Hou Renjun looked at the agent in disbelief.
"There is nothing we can do about it. They have also been sued. If they don't remove the video, they will also face legal risks."
Ma Chunsong said tactfully.
In fact, there are so many new videos on the short video platform every day, and a large number of popular videos come out every day. They really don't care if they remove Hou Renjun's videos from the shelves.
Not to mention taking down his videos, if Hou Renjun committed something that would cause damage to their reputation or interests, they would not hesitate to ban Hou Renjun.
It’s just an Internet celebrity with millions of fans! There are too many such Internet celebrities on the short video platform, and another one can be created at any time.
Hou Renjun is sought after by fans outside, thinking how powerful he is, but in fact, they are still just a small pawn under the power of capital, the kind that can be discarded at any time!
His position in Wolf Star Culture is actually not very strong. The boss of Wolf Star Culture only regards him as a cash cow. Now the boss is losing money. If it gets worse, the boss may even abandon him!
Ma Chunsong could see the reality clearly, but Hou Renjun still felt that he couldn't accept it.
"Then what should I sing when I participate in the "Bi Xin Talent Show" next month? The program team buys the copyright for us, can we sing it?"
Hou Renjun couldn't help but ask.
"I'm not sure about this yet, but I guess it won't work, because "The Heart Comparison Talent Show" is also a program jointly produced by the short video platform and Suzhou Satellite TV. Now the short video platform has not been able to handle Yang Qian. I guess it will be recorded next month
When it comes to the show, you still don’t have the copyright.”
"Performances without copyright will be cut by the TV station! This is a big risk for you and the company, so I suggest you sing the song "Brothers"!"
Ma Chunsong persuaded him.
Yang Qian is just a musician, you don’t need to compete with him, there are still many songs for you to choose from (infringement), right?
But Hou Renjun felt very unhappy. After he returned home angrily, he couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and posted a weird Weibo on his Weibo, which has millions of fans, and even said that Aite had sex with Yang.