Early December.
In a residential area in Shen City.
A young man in his twenties was editing a video in front of his computer.
His name was Walter, and he had hundreds of thousands of fans on the internet.
In the past two months.
All the videos that Walter edited were related to the NBA.
Ever since Yao Ming joined the NBA's Houston Rockets in 2003, the influence of basketball in China had increased day by day.
A high percentage of young people in China liked the NBA.
Following Xiao Luo's acquisition of the NBA's Golden State Warriors and Xiao Yuzhe's joining of the NBA's Chicago Bulls, basketball's popularity exploded.
Tao Xu took advantage of this opportunity to post NBA highlights on all major video platforms.
These videos had a very high click rate.
As time passed.
His fans grew.
With the support of the fans.
Walter chatted about the game on the live broadcast platform every night and received many gifts.
Last month, he easily earned tens of thousands of yuan.
His monthly salary in 2015 was more than ten thousand yuan, which made Walter exceptionally confident.
He even began to fantasize about editing NBA videos, buying a car, buying a house, and reaching the peak of his life.
…Beside the
computer desk.
Walter's girlfriend, Wang Qi, said worriedly,"Brother Tao, I remember that White Cloud Technology spent 500 million USD to acquire the NBA copyright.
You edited the NBA video material, and many of the shots came from the broadcast of Baiyun Sports.
According to the country's regulations, it is illegal for you to move, edit, assemble, and rearrange other people's works without authorization.”
"What are you afraid of?"
"The NBA is a foreign country," Walter said noncommittally."Will they pursue me?"”
Wang Qi hesitated."The NBA won't pursue this matter with you. I'm afraid that White Cloud Sports, a subsidiary of White Cloud Technology, will pursue this matter with you
…"
Xu Tao smiled and said,"A few years ago, after Xinlang Sports obtained the copyright of the NBA in Xia country, there were still people editing NBA videos online. Wasn't it still fine?
After the birth of the Internet, there were rumors everywhere on the Internet.
Recently, some merchants have contacted me and asked me to include a link to buy NBA jerseys in the edited video.
Qiqi, we're going to make a lot of money soon!”
"But if they want to sue you, they can.”
Wang Qi was still a little worried.
"My uncle works in the legal department of Teng Xun Group. With his help, even if someone sued me, they wouldn't be able to win."”
Hearing this.
Wang Qi stopped talking.
Teng Xun Corporation's legal department was known as Nanshan Pizzeria Hut.
As the saying went, there was only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname.
The company was sued and won multiple times in the Nanshan Court in Shencheng. The winning rate was infinitely close to 100%, and it had become a terrifying existence in the industry.
Her boyfriend, Walter, had such a background. It was no wonder he dared to edit NBA videos without restraint.
…
Ding Dong!
The doorbell suddenly rang.
Walter opened the door and saw that it was the delivery man.
After receiving the package.
Walter was a little puzzled. He clearly didn't buy any express delivery.
He opened it.
Inside the package was a court summons, a notice of proof, and a notice of litigation rights and obligations.
It said that he was involved in video copyright and was seeking profits. He was sued by Baiyun Sports in court.
Walter frowned.
He thought for a moment and dialed his uncle, Xu Mingzhi's number.
On the phone.
Walter told him the details of the situation in detail.
"Xiao Tao, the client is Bai Yun Law Firm?”
Xu Mingzhi sounded surprised.
"Yes, why?" Walter nodded. Uncle, have you heard of this law firm?”
"I've heard of it?"
Xu Mingzhi sighed."Recently, the Baiyun Law Firm is in a lawsuit with our Teng Xun Group. It's very difficult to deal with."”
Hearing this.
Walter panicked.
"Uncle, what should I do now?" he asked hurriedly. If even you guys find it difficult to deal with, then I'm definitely done for.”
Xu Mingzhi said bluntly,"What's the big deal about the Central Plains? You don't have much profit, so just lose money."”
"Wait! Uncle, hello…"
The call was hung up, and a busy tone came.
Walter was stunned.
He had thought that with his uncle, Xu Mingzhi, as a background, he could edit NBA videos without restraint.
Now, it seemed that he was too naive!
If even Nanshan Pizzeria Hut found Baiyun Law Firm difficult to deal with, then he would definitely not be able to escape the lawsuit…Right
now, he had no choice but to pay up obediently.
However, Walter was very curious.
What was the background of this Baiyun Law Firm?
…At
the same time.
Some of the video creators on the major video platforms had received court summonses.
Like Tao Xu, they moved, edited, pieced together, and rearranged the works without the authorization of Baiyun Sports, which was a serious violation of copyright.
In addition, some of the video creators who edited the Short videos and uploaded it to the entire Internet were also subpoenaed by the court.
For a time, the media industry was jittery.
Three
days later.
A piece of news caused a sensation in the legal world.
Teng Xun's legal department, known as Nanshan of Nanshan's Pizzeria Hut, had lost in the case of copyright violation.
Teng Xun Video, Teng Sports, Wei Shi, and other platforms were filled with a large number of NBA-related videos and Short videos.
The NBA's copyright in China belonged to White Cloud Technology.
Without the authorization of White Cloud Technology, Teng Xun moved and edited NBA videos without permission, which constituted a serious copyright violation.
The Nanshan Court of Shencheng determined that Tengxun Video, Tengxun Sports, Weishi and other platforms constituted an accomplice to the copyright, and awarded Baiyun Technology more than 36 million yuan.
In this case, the plaintiff, White Cloud Technology, discovered that a large number of users had uploaded edited NBA video clips under Teng Xun Group.
Therefore, Baiyun Technology filed a lawsuit to the Nanshan court, demanding that Tengxun Group immediately take effective measures to delete, filter, and intercept relevant videos, and compensate for economic losses and reasonable expenses of 10 million yuan.
Before the court session, White Cloud Technology changed its lawsuit request and increased the compensation to 90 million yuan.
Teng Xun Group argued.
The related videos were uploaded by users, and there were many users on the platform.
It was impossible for the major platforms of the group to conduct a substantial review of the massive amount of information, and according to the law.
Teng Xun Group's platform only provided information network storage services and had no obligation to review content.
The platform had already reminded users that the uploaded content should not violate the intellectual property rights of others and fulfilled the obligation to notify and delete it, so it did not constitute an infringement.
However, the
Nanshan court held that a large number of users on the platforms under the Teng Xun Group had violated the copyright of the works involved.
Although Tengxun Group had taken measures to reduce the number of pirated works, the acts of copyright had not been effectively curbed.
Teng Xun Group was therefore an accomplice to the copyright violation. They should immediately take effective measures to delete, filter, and intercept the relevant videos, and compensate Baiyun Technology for the economic losses and reasonable expenses of 36 million yuan.
Once the case was released.
The legal world was instantly in an uproar.
Nanshan Pizzeria Hut actually lost the lawsuit!
Moreover, he had also compensated for 36 million yuan in compensation to the company, setting a new record for compensation in a national court sports copyright case.
At the same time, this was also the worst loss that Teng Xun Group's legal department had ever suffered!
As the lawsuit for copyright violation came to an end.
The legal world was impressed by Fang Baiyun Law Firm, who had been entrusted with this case.
How unbelievable was it that the unknown Baiyun Law Firm had actually defeated Nanshan PizzaHut?
…On
the Internet.
The netizens discussed animatedly.
"What the f * ck? Nanshan Peahouse lost?"
"Baiyun Law Firm actually defeated Teng Xun Group's legal department?”
"Nanshan Nanshan Pizzeria Hut had never lost a battle before. I didn't expect it to lose so badly this time!”
"This NBA copyright case is just the beginning. No one will dare to move Short videos under White Cloud Technology's name in the future.”
"In the past, the top law firms in the country, such as King
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