Ye Ming's answer was actually very direct, very straightforward, and neat, with only one sentence.
He left a message on his blog: Can he check with the Copyright Center before suing?
Now almost everyone was a little dumbfounded.
In fact, in places like the entertainment industry, plagiarism of content from each other is not a common thing, but it is actually quite common. In movies and TV series, etc., there are similar plots. If it is not true, it will be a collision.
When we get together, unless there are really irreconcilable conflicts, then usually we just fight and file lawsuits to hype each other up.
It is not impossible to actually go to court, but this situation is relatively rare, because generally speaking, things in the entertainment industry are settled by people in the entertainment industry.
If you really go to court, you will be looked down upon by your peers in the entertainment industry, which proves that this person cannot afford to play in the entertainment industry. But if you really want to go to court, it is not unheard of in the entertainment industry. Win or lose.
It's not important. Maybe we can use this opportunity to hype it up. This may be what people on both sides of the lawsuit hope for.
Moreover, there is a habit in the entertainment industry, which means that by default, everyone does not pay special attention to copyright, especially the copyright of content.
Because in the entertainment industry, the circle of screenwriters is actually quite small, and not many people hang out in this circle.
Basically, the people in this circle are relatively familiar people. Those who look up but don't look down may be able to collaborate on the next project, so we won't file a lawsuit unless it is absolutely necessary.
Moreover, there is not much emphasis on copyright, especially content, so it is not surprising that one book is plagiarized by another, especially if the content of the story is plagiarized.
As for registering copyright with the Copyright Center, this kind of thing is really not particularly common in the entertainment industry.
Of course, for some relatively major projects that require hundreds of millions of investments, it is worthwhile to register a copyright with the Copyright Center.
But under normal circumstances, a screenwriter will basically write two, three, three or four scripts a year. It is even possible for a younger and more productive screenwriter to write five, six, seven or eight scripts a year.
Of course, such notebooks refer to movie scripts and TV drama scripts. If a writer is relatively prolific, it is not impossible to compile two in a year. They usually refer to TV dramas from around the third century.
It is not impossible for a screenwriter to write two books a year, and screenwriters have a special habit of not saving money, which means that screenwriters write a lot of useless scripts, which means they can write the scripts with great difficulty.
If you don't sell it and throw it into your hands, it's equivalent to scrapping the book.
If you go to the Copyright Center to register such a book, it will seem a bit useless. If you register it, you will have to spend money to register it. If you don't register it, then there will definitely be no copyright.
Moreover, the Copyright Center has a rather troublesome regulation, which means that the price of any registered book is 1,000 yuan. This is a movie book, and a TV series book is 1,500 yuan.
No way, that's what the Copyright Center stipulates. You can register or not, but we are the authority anyway. As long as you register with us, as long as there is no box of copies in our copyright library, then we will register the copyright for you.
This proves that the copyright of this book belongs to you.
But think about it, a script costs at least 1,000 yuan, and a TV series costs 1,500 yuan. Who can dare to say that each screenwriter does not have three or five useless writers at his disposal?
Some screenwriters have been in the industry for a long time, and it is not impossible to have 20 or 30 scrap scripts in their hands. Therefore, in such a situation, if these 20 or 30 scripts are registered to the copyright center, then this matter will be
It seems like the gain outweighs the loss.
After all, 20,000 to 30,000 yuan is for a screenwriter, especially if the job is not that good. A stable margin of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan is still a relatively large number, just for a seemingly illusory copyright.
At a cost of 350,000, this one is a bit inappropriate.
At least the screenwriter himself would think it was inappropriate. Can’t he use the money to improve his life?
After all, if these copyrights are really registered, if someone plagiarizes them, they will actually have a certain protective effect. The judge will also recognize the copyrights registered by the Copyright Center, but this probability is too small, almost 1‰.
So in terms of cost-effectiveness, if you successfully register all the useless books in your hands, it will be a big burden for a screenwriter.
Therefore, under such a situation, there is a relatively tacit unspoken rule in the entertainment industry, which means that the translation books in the hands of screenwriters generally do not register copyright, and later it gradually became popular.
Afterwards, the scripts written by the screenwriters themselves, regardless of whether they were scrapped scripts, were too lazy to register with the Copyright Center. Anyway, as for copyright protection, it all depends on character.
If you really want to plagiarize, there is nothing you can do about it. If you really go to court, the company will still be able to help.
Therefore, most screenwriters nowadays generally do not register their scripts as works with the copyright center because it costs money.
So in such a situation, Ye Ming wrote clearly and asked the plaintiff to directly check the situation at the Copyright Center. The meaning is very clear, that is, have you registered a copyright with the Copyright Center?
So the potential meaning of this sentence is that the script of our New White Snake Legend crew is a work that has been registered with the Copyright Center. If your work has been registered with the Copyright Center, then you should know who plagiarized whom.
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And generally speaking, the thing that is more recognized by law is that the copyright center has registered copyright, because this copyright center actually has an official background.
Of course, his registration efficiency is still there. If not, who would spend money to register there? So in such a situation, the entertainment industry is involved in plagiarism due to the crew of The Legend of the White Snake.
Ye Ming's easy words turned the whole situation around, because the meaning of Ye Ming's words was very obvious. Our new Legend of the White Snake script cannot exist because it has been registered with the Copyright Center.
If plagiarism really exists, the Copyright Center will not register it for us.