U.S. netizens fight back against pirated film that satirizes Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh

Shawn Woods, an American Internet star, recently posted a YouTube video criticizing China for stealing his unboxing video and pirating an American-invented mousetrap, with a floating watermark in the upper left corner of the video mocking Chinese President Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh.

Woods pointed out on YouTube that he uploaded a test video on April 19, introducing the American-invented mousetrap and filming the process of catching more than 40 mice with a motion-detecting camera, which was a huge hit and accumulated more than 1 million views in a short period of time.

He said the Chinese decided to steal his film for promotional purposes after seeing the product up for grabs. He learned of the incident a week ago and discovered that his film had been re-edited from his film and that they had used it without permission.

He added that the stolen video had been viewed nearly 4 million times and appeared on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and other social media sites. The stolen videos also included links to merchandise websites claiming to sell the mousetraps, which were advertised on Facebook for a fee.

Woods alleges that the ads contain the same stolen videos, linking to different websites with similar content, and that the fake websites are located in Shenzhen, China, claiming to sell the original mousetraps.

He blasted the unethical Chinese companies for misleading and defrauding consumers, hurting his YouTube channel and damaging his reputation, especially the American small businesses, rightful owners and inventors who make mousetraps.

Another video posted by Woods, with the words “X Jinping is Xini the Bear” and “Free Tibet” in the upper left corner, was apparently posted in protest and to prevent further Chinese piracy of his videos.