Yu Cike, director of the Copyright Administration of the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said at a press conference at the State Council Information Office today that with the rapid development of digital technology and mobile Internet, China’s Internet short videos (short videos) are also developing rapidly; at the same time, the problem of infringement and piracy of short videos is relatively serious, which is strongly reflected by the majority of right holders and has aroused social concern, and the National Copyright Administration also attaches great importance to it.
According to the Surfing News, Yu Cike said that it is a basic principle stipulated in the copyright law that works shall not be disseminated and used without permission. This principle certainly applies to film and television works as well.
He mentioned that in the past five years, 38 batches of key film and television works have been officially announced as early warning lists, with 640 key works as key warnings, and special protection has been provided for the online dissemination of these outstanding film and television works.
Yu Cike said that as early as 2018, the National Copyright Administration included the special rectification of network short video copyright into the “sword network” special key tasks, to crack down on short video infringement, and focus on strengthening the copyright supervision of short video platform enterprises and self-media, public account producers and operators. Over the past few years, this work has been ongoing.
He pointed out that this year, the National Copyright Administration will follow the deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to comprehensively strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, actively respond to the voices of the majority of rights holders, support and protect the legitimate demands of the majority of rights holders: First, continue to increase the crackdown on infringement in the field of short video and audio, and resolutely rectify the unauthorized copying, performance and dissemination of other people’s film, television and music works by short video and audio platforms and self media, public account producers and operators. infringing acts.
Second, to promote short audio-visual platforms and self-media and public account operating enterprises to fully fulfill their main responsibilities, effectively strengthen the construction of copyright system, improve the mechanism for handling copyright complaints, and effectively fulfill the obligations of reporting illegal crime clues and cooperating with investigations. Third, encourage and support film copyright collective management organizations to strengthen their own construction, carry out collective management of copyright of film works in accordance with the law, and play the role of a link to protect the legitimate rights of right holders and facilitate the legitimate use of users.
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