How is iqiyi suing station B? The whole story of iqiyi and station B incident
4hw.com.cn: iqiyi sued station B for plagiarizing "hip hop in China" and claimed 1 million yuan for compensation. It's a bit terrible! Of course, there are still a lot of users in station B, who have said that iqiyi is going too far this time. The copyright issue seems to be a dispute among major video stations in China. I don't know when it will be solved. But Xiaobian is here to tell you the truth. It's OK that iqiyi could sue other families for plagiarism in terms of copyright. It's not the same as Korean product 101.
What's the situation of iqiyi suing station B?
Iqiyi sued station B for broadcasting "hip hop in China" for claiming 1 million yuan from blue whale TMT channel on May 23. According to the information on the official website of Haidian District Court, iqiyi sued station B for broadcasting the clip of its own variety "hip hop in China" without authorization, claiming 1 million yuan. The reporter of blue whale TMT asked the relevant person in charge of station B and iqiyi about the relevant information, but no response was received as of the publication.
Iqiyi sued the court that "China has hip hop" as a platform invested 200 million yuan in self-made programs, and Shanghai Kuanyu Digital Technology Co., Ltd. provided the online broadcast service of the program segment to the public without authorization on its website "bilibilibili".
Iqiyi said that there were a large number of users on the BiliBili website, and the program was in the hot season at the time of infringement, and the broadcast on the website seriously diverted users, causing iqiyi huge losses, so iqiyi requested the court to order the company to immediately stop the infringement, compensate for economic losses and reasonable costs of 1 million yuan, and publish a statement to eliminate the impact.
Blue whale TMT searches in station B with the keyword of "China has hip-hop", showing that the current relevant video is 99 +, and relevant column is 99 +, including "China has hip-hop freestyle collection" and some contestant rap clips, most of which are self edited and uploaded UGC content by users.
It is reported that this is not the first time that station B has been sued for copyright issues. As early as 2015, nine lawsuits against Beijing iqiyi, Guangzhou douyu network technology and China TV have not been heard; On the other hand, from February 2, station B once again sat in the dock of seven copyright disputes. On the same ground of "infringement of the right of network communication of works information", Xi'an Jiayun Society Digital Entertainment Distribution Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Juli Media Technology Co., Ltd. sued station B in court.
At that time, the copyright dispute case between iqiyi and station B attracted the most attention of the industry. Iqiyi said that the TV series "cliff", "like sparks like butterflies" and the variety show "happy base camp 20140719", which it exclusively enjoyed the right of network communication, were stolen by station B, infringing the rights and interests of iqiyi and requiring the defendant to compensate 100000 yuan for the economic loss. In response to this, station B said that the website does not provide video storage media, it is the user's personal upload rather than website behavior, which is applicable to the 'safe harbor' principle.
But in fact, the argument of station B is hard to stand. In May 2013, without authorization and payment, station B provided online on-demand services within one month of the launch of China partner, and was sued by the copyright owner Zhongying for infringement. Finally, the court rejected station B's appeal on the application of the "safe harbor" principle, and awarded it a failure.
The audience margin and mass base of station B are very stable, but the infringement problem is a long way, how to solve it thoroughly is the top priority at present!