"83 copyright owners including 99 Entertainment, Huayi, Bona, Emperor, Meiya, and Media Asia formed an anti-piracy alliance and jointly targeted more than 400 websites such as Youku, Tudou, Ku6, and 56 for pirated broadcasts of "Crazy Stone"
”, “A World Without Thieves”, “Kung Fu”, “Struggle” and other more than 1,000 film and television dramas were sued for illegal behavior!”
"The alliance stated: We hope that through this large-scale action, we will set off a wave of rights protection for video websites and promote the health, fair development and win-win situation of the film, television and video Internet industry!"
"..."
Wang Wei frowned after reading it and said to himself: "Is this true! Why did you suddenly have a convulsion?"
He was surprised and nervous, but overall he was relatively calm. It was not like he had never been sued before. Not only Tudou, but also most of his colleagues had been sued, and it was no big deal.
For example, Ciwen Media, which has produced works such as "Little Fish and Flowers", "Seven Swordsmen" and "Double Boom", once sued 56.com. After a court ruling, 56.com did not bear any responsibility.
Because there is a provision in the "Regulations on the Protection of Information Network Communication Rights", which simply means: for content uploaded privately by users, the copyright owner informs the website that if the website deletes the content in a timely manner, it will not be held responsible...
This ridiculous regulation has caused pain to countless copyright holders and allowed countless websites to take advantage of loopholes.
As mentioned before, the website will let its own editors, or hire people, or simply develop software to automatically upload videos. If caught, it will be said to be the user's personal behavior and has nothing to do with the website.
They call it a "safe harbor" clause!
So Wang Wei was generally calm, but the scale this time was so big that the companies in front of him were intimidating. The media had already caught wind of it, and someone immediately called him for an interview.
"Hello?"
"Yes, I already know it!"
"Actually, my attitude has always been this. Tudou abides by the law and severely cracks down on piracy. We are always working hard to build genuine versions. I am also a little confused about this news. There may be a misunderstanding in communication..."
I hung up on a reporter, and not long after, another reporter called for an interview.
I even did nothing else all day but made phone calls.
The situation intensified on the second day, and on the third day, Wang Wei simply summoned dozens of media outlets across the country and held a conference call to respond to the questions in a unified manner.
The founders of Youku, 56, Ku6 and other websites also faced the same problem. For a time, public opinion was everywhere and it was very lively.
Although these websites are not afraid, their stance is passive, and to put it bluntly, they are unreasonable. They don't know what tricks the other party will use, so they can only wait and see.
The Anti-Piracy Alliance is taking their time and will send updates every few days to tell everyone what step the program has taken.
"According to the list published by the Anti-Piracy Alliance, we have obtained relevant evidence of infringed films and TV series!"
"Hong Kong's Media Asia, Meiya, Emperor, etc. stated that they will resolutely safeguard their rights and always stand together with their mainland counterparts!"
“The top video website has become a key target and may be subject to a claim of 100 million yuan!”
“Shanghai Court Network has already seen 14 copyright lawsuits against Tudou!”
Different from before, this time it gave everyone the feeling that it was going to be serious.
…………
Tan Xiaolin is an editor at Tudou.com.
Shortly after graduating from college, I stayed in Shanghai to work at Tudou.com, which is an emerging video industry on the Internet, and the salary is not bad. The average monthly salary in Shanghai is now 2,892 yuan, and the housing price is 9,755 yuan.
Counting all kinds of monthly subsidies, she can earn more than 3,000 yuan. Her job is not very technical, it is just reviewing and promoting videos. She relies on patience. She is quite satisfied, and she is happy thinking about saving money to buy a house.
This morning.
Tan Xiaolin rushed from the rental house to the company, took over the work from the night shift editor, and reviewed the video while eating egg pancakes.
Tudou adds about 1,600 videos every day, 90% of which are pirated resources, and half of the 90% are produced by the company.
One of her daily tasks is to upload at least 30 videos, and the number of clicks is linked to performance.
So how do you find videos? Some are downloaded by yourself, some are scraped from other websites, or even directly from TV. Yes, you can directly use technical means to scrape the content!
Tan Xiaolin logged into her "netizen account" and uploaded the latest episode of "Naruto". After uploading, she reviewed it herself and then published it.
This is a fixed task assigned to her, specifically to update "Naruto". The second part has been broadcast in Japan. Naruto follows Jiraiya and returns from training...
After the Japanese resources come out, the subtitle team will translate them and post them on a membership-only website called "Renren Film and Television".
"Renren Film and Television" is amazing. It has foreign films, variety shows, and animations. It is currently the most powerful and monopolistic resource site. All major video websites draw nourishment from it.
After Tan Xiaolin finished uploading "Naruto", she began to freely search for other videos to complete today's task. Searching turned into fishing, and she caught a video and watched it first.
This is an American drama called "The L Word", about lesbians.
She was very excited after watching an episode because it contained a lot of revealing scenes and scenes of physical fights between beauties. This kind of video is usually a traffic portal and is extremely popular among netizens.
“This month’s bonus is guaranteed!”
Tan Xiaolin happily uploaded the video, and Tudou's editors are also very good at it, and will compete for big resources such as "Naruto", "Kangxi Is Coming", and "Men and Women Pickets".
After she passed it on, she saw that it was time to have lunch. She wanted to fish again, but the phone suddenly rang.
"..."
When she looked at the number, her expression changed, and she hid in the stairwell with her cell phone.
"How about it? Have you thought about it?"
"I, I still feel bad."
"why?"
"I always feel guilty, why don't you find someone else?"
"Why do you feel guilty? You are in the workplace. The workplace requires people to go to higher places and water to flow to lower places. We will give you three times the current salary and extra remuneration, and you don't need to show your face.
, I just want you to tell the truth about Tudou.com.
You should know that our recent move is to rectify the copyright market. The formalization of copyright is a matter of time. These websites are delaying it day by day. In fact, they know it well.
When the policy is issued, video websites will have no power to fight back and will have to buy the copyright. What do you think your behavior will be then? Will you feel guilty for uploading those pirated contents?"
"This won't happen..."
"So, guilt is an illusory thing, a yoke imposed on oneself. In other words, when copyright is formalized, we will also increase investment in video websites. Do you think Tudou will win, or will we win?
?”
"..."
Tan Xiaolin was silent, hesitated for a long time, and finally hesitated, feeling ashamed and betrayed: "I really don't have to show my face?"
"certainly!"
"That, that..."
"Okay, I will arrange everything, just listen to the news."
The other party hung up.
When Tan Xiaolin walked back step by step and returned to her seat, she suddenly felt relaxed. That's right, when people go up, water flows down!
Compared with the other party, she really has no confidence in Tudou.com.