Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang - Why Did I Launch a Pirated Version of Baidu

Sohu today issued a rights protection statement, saying that Baidu's network disk and today's headline website contain a large number of Sohu video network drama "I am a pet in Dali Temple" infringement and piracy content, Sohu video has filed a lawsuit in Nanjing Intermediate People's Court, the court has accepted. Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang - Why Did I Launch a Pirated Version of Baidu

Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang Pirated Biadu

Sohu said that the infringement and piracy behavior seriously violated the legitimate rights and interests of Sohu video, and requested the court to order Baidu's network disk and today's headline to stop the infringement, delete all the content of the work involved and prohibit sharing, and accumulate compensation for the plaintiff's economic losses and reasonable expenses of 10 million yuan.

Tonight, Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang accepted an interview with Lei Di.com and said that Sohu video has always been a victim of online piracy. This hot drama "I am a pet in Dali Temple" is pirated on the cloud disk and today's headlines. It is unbearable.

"We invest so much money, and the good dramas are taken directly by others, affecting our users and paying users. This kind of piracy will make many people reluctant to invest in the drama, because the cost recovery will not be invested after the investment. come back."

Zhang Chaoyang specially named Baidu's network disk, saying that Baidu has always used the Robots agreement as a rhetoric. In this era, it is easy to implement software to prevent others from uploading pirated copies.

Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang: Why did I launch a piracy version of Baidu and today's headlines?

Online drama "The Year of Hurry"

Recently, the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance judgment against the Baidu network disk infringement of the online drama "Hurry Year" information network communication right, and found that Baidu network disk spread network drama "Hurry that year" infringed the information network communication right, ordered Baidu Netcom immediately removed the play from Baidu's network disk and compensated the plaintiff for economic losses and reasonable expenses of 500,000 yuan.

The case established the first case of the right holder to use the new litigation idea to make the network disk service provider convicted into infringement, and provided a new "opening method" for the piracy of the network disk.

Zhang Chaoyang believes that the judgment of the Nanjing court is a phenomenon worthy of attention. Whether the copyright road of Sohu video homemade drama can work, and whether the phenomenon of piracy is removed is a matter of incompatibility between water and fire. The problem of piracy is solved, and the road of self-made drama can only go on.

"Why the United States has no piracy, it is a heavy legal punishment." Zhang Chaoyang hopes that other copyright parties will come together to prosecute these piracy. The reason is that when online piracy is punished and there is nowhere to escape, the online self-produced market will be able to usher in greater prosperity.

It is reported that Zhang Chaoyang has always had a lot of feelings about the online video industry. Zhang Chaoyang also has precedents for combating online piracy. The biggest thing that was done in this industry in the past was to combat online piracy, which had a profound impact on the industry.

Zhang Chaoyang once said, "If you don't follow the rules, the country will not be able to produce quality things. Everything is muddy. If we fight piracy, we can go to level with the world. I still feel more proud. ."

The following is an interview with Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang:

Lei Jianping: Why did Sohu Video launch a lawsuit against Baidu and today's headlines, claiming 10 million.

Zhang Chaoyang: Sohu video has always been a leader in combating online piracy. In 2009, we pirated to solve the widespread piracy on the computer.

In 2013, it was the piracy of Baidu video and audio. At that time, Baidu had a client software for Baidu video and audio, and pirated with P2P. After that movement, it was gone. Without it, there will be a booming development of TV dramas and online dramas.

Over the years, China's film and television, online dramas, and TV dramas have grown to the scale of 10 billion yuan and 100 billion yuan, and the investment has reached 10 billion yuan. However, in the era of mobile Internet, the piracy problem of Baidu network disk has not been solved.

We have always been victims. Many of the dramas in front of Sohu video have been pirated on the network disk. This time, the slogan "I am a pet at Dali Temple" on the cloud disk and today's headlines for Sohu video, I am pirating. I can't bear it.

We invested so much money, and the good drama was taken directly by others, affecting our users and paying users, which made many people reluctant to invest a lot of money to do the drama. Because the cost recovery will not come back after the investment.

American drama is such a victim, we are not willing to buy a lot of American drama, the reason is because of the cloud disk problem.

Regarding this form of piracy, Baidu said that this is not its responsibility. It is a platform. According to the Robots agreement, users upload it. You inform us that we can delete it and always use the Robots protocol as a rhetoric.

This is to confuse the audience, or to care about him, is a strong mix of words. I don't care what agreement you are. I care about the whole end result. The result is that our copyright is pirated. It is definitely the responsibility of the platform, that is, piracy.

We will always sue this matter. The good news is that a script we published a few years ago, "Hurry Year", was pirated by Baidu Cloud. The latest result is that we won the case. This is a symbolic one. I hope this victory is A turning point.

To sue the end of the Robots agreement is not a shield

Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang: Why did I launch a piracy version of Baidu and today's headlines?

Online drama "I am a pet at Dali Temple"

Lei Jianping: Sohu video is hoping to launch a lawsuit through the "I am a pet in Dali Temple" drama, and then do a full-scale rights protection against the long-term infringing content on the platform?

Zhang Chaoyang: The effect is this. We are still aiming at two things. One is Sohu video's "Hurry of the Year" rights victory, and the other is the "I am a pet in Dali Temple" being pirated by other platforms.

As far as things are concerned, other works are being pirated. Too much to say is too general. When it comes to the specific thing, we are being sung by the "I am a pet at Dali Temple" on the Baidu cloud disk, which has affected us. Traffic and revenue of paid users.

As far as I know, Baidu cloud disk is a fee, not only stealing the version, but it is still profitable.

Lei Jianping: What do you think of these new models like Baidu Cloud Disk? It is convenient for a lot of users to some extent.

Zhang Chaoyang: Yes, it is convenient for users to transfer files, but the resulting piracy is not.

Nowadays, the software of this era is very easy to do, to prevent others from uploading pirated things, the software is very easy to implement. If you use the Robots agreement as a rhetoric, it is not your own responsibility, you can't achieve uploading piracy, it's completely confusing.

Lei Jianping: What do you want to do with Baidu's cloud disk and today's headlines?

Zhang Chaoyang: We must continue to prosecute and continue to sue, including those who want other copyright owners in the industry to sue.

Legal means are the only way to achieve this world change. In the United States, if a product causes damage to the user's health, hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties, why the United States is not pirated, this is the reason.

Whether the self-made drama copyright road can go through and solve the copyright relationship is very big.

Lei Jianping: The situation of online piracy is much better now than when you launched a network piracy a few years ago.

Zhang Chaoyang: Yes, that is because of our efforts, our efforts have made it possible to find pirated works of literary works on the street now. It is not easy to complete long video piracy.

But social networks recommend a variety of links, so that the cloud disk, especially convenient for some young people, or let us lose. The middle-aged and the elderly do not know, and feel that it is good to see multiple dramas on the platform now, and there are pirated copies.

Young people can easily find these pirated places. Young people are our audience, so we lose a lot. Not only do we lose a lot, but many other copyrighted works have suffered losses.

Lei Jianping: You have been paying attention to the video industry for so many years, and have been promoting the legalization of the online video industry. Why do you care about Sohu video, including the video industry?

Zhang Chaoyang: I am very concerned about many. Because the video I came out more, I will be on the platform for each show promotion, and I am still doing a lot of other things.

We are on the road to the copyright of homemade drama. Can we walk through this road? The problem of piracy is incompatible with water and fire. We cannot go on piracy. The piracy of Chinese drama has not been prosperous. We don’t buy much. American drama.

Lei Jianping: If the fight against piracy goes smoothly, how long do you expect Sohu video to be profitable?

Zhang Chaoyang: It should be in the second or third quarter of next year.

Lei Jianping: This year has entered the fourth quarter. What are the major plans for Sohu Video in the online self-made drama?

Zhang Chaoyang: We will continue to introduce some new dramas, including the upcoming "Dragon" on the 12th. It is very important to combat piracy, otherwise it will not be effective.

This time we are defending our rights. We hope to pay us 10 million. We still have a lot of other dramas, and we also hope to lose 10 million. We must have nowhere to pirate and let the pirated crimes die.

I hope everyone will pay attention to the phenomenon of piracy and let the Robots agreement not be a rhetoric.

The following is the full text of the Sohu video statement:

Sohu video about "I am a pet in Dali Temple" rights statement

For Baidu's network disk and today's headline website, there are a large number of infringing pirated content of the online drama "I am a pet in Dali Temple" that is being broadcasted by Sohu. The relevant party of Sohu Video filed a lawsuit against the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court on October 8, 2018. The court has now accepted it.

The hit drama "I am a pet at Dali Temple" is a costumed fantasy drama directed by Liu Zhenming, Xu Kai, Hu Yixuan, Wang Xiran, etc., adapted from the popular novel "Dalian Temple Shaoqing's Pet Care". The show was broadcast on Sohu on September 25, 2018. It is currently in the hot stage and is popular among audiences and fans. The plaintiff obtained the right to disseminate the exclusive information network and transfer authorization and rights protection rights of the drama according to law.

Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd. knows that its Baidu network disk has the verification value of the content resources and files of the work "I am a pet in Dali Temple", not only does not delete the resource file, but also allows this file to pass Baidu network disk. The development of the second pass, offline download, share, upload, download, etc., without the plaintiff authorization, the film will be spread on the information network.

Today's headlines provide online on-demand services for the online drama "I am a pet in Dali Temple" through the related websites that I operate.

The above-mentioned infringement and piracy has seriously violated the legitimate rights and interests of Sohu video. Therefore, the court was ordered to order Baidu's network disk and today's headlines to stop the infringement, delete all the content of the work involved and prohibit sharing, and accumulate compensation for the plaintiff's economic losses and reasonable expenses totaling 10 million yuan. yuan.

Sohu video hopes that all parties in the industry will "zero tolerance" against piracy and infringement, persist in fighting, and work together to create a literate and clean network space.
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