Reporter Huang Haowei reported comprehensively.
Mainland actor Xue Zhiqian recently released a new song "AI", which achieved outstanding results, and yesterday (15th) he went to the cinema to watch the new film "Flying Life 2" directed by Han Han, and later wrote his experience on Weibo and spoke highly of it, but it caused controversy. It turned out that he added 3 pictures of movie screenings to his post, which attracted questions about infringement and set off a debate between 2 groups of netizens, and he himself also posted a response earlier, bluntly saying that this heart is bright, and what can I say.
Xue Zhiqian uploaded a big-screen picture on Weibo, causing a controversy about piracy. (The picture is retrieved from Weibo Xue Zhiqian).
Xue Zhiqian posted on Weibo yesterday, revealing that he went to the cinema to watch "Flying Life 2", and praised the film as better than 1 ("Flying Life 1"), and it was very good-looking and enjoyable, and he even revealed that he was crying with blood at the scene. However, he posted 3 big screens in a row** in his post, which caused a debate among 2 mainland netizens. Some netizens believe that poaching is originally an infringement of intellectual property rights, and some people point out that when taking photos in the cinema, the light on the mobile phone screen will affect the viewing experience of others; However, some netizens advocated that he was just kindly helping to promote, and some people thought that he just posted ** in the circle of friends and did not use it for profit.
However, Article 48 of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that disseminating a work to the public through the Internet without the consent of the copyright owner is an infringement, and civil liability such as stopping the infringement and compensating for losses is required, depending on the circumstances. The Film Industry Promotion Law stipulates that without the consent of the right holder, no audio or video recording of a film in the screening is allowed, and if it is discovered, the on-site staff can stop, request deletion or even require it to leave the venue. In fact, in Taiwan, the use of electronic equipment to shoot and record movies shown in movie theaters is also an act of "reproduction" in violation of the "Copyright Law," which is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of not more than three years.
Relevant provisions of the Copyright Law (above) and the Film Industry Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China. (The picture is retrieved from the database of national laws and regulations in mainland China).
As the controversy intensified, Xue Zhiqian's keyword of stealing photos once ranked second on the hot search list, which also sparked discussions among mainland netizens, whether taking pictures of movie theaters and broadcasting pictures on social platforms is considered stealing. Xue Zhiqian himself also responded on Weibo this morning, and he wrote I wish you discernment, picture and film. The deity is thanking, you are stuffing your face. Accustomed to showing the public, sin with laughter. This heart is bright, and there is nothing to say. At the same time, he kept the original post and did not modify or delete it, as if he didn't think he had done anything wrong.
Xue Zhiqian's steal photo appeared on Weibo hot search. (Picture retrieved from Weibo).
In fact, Xue Zhiqian is not the only mainland star who has caused controversy because of the filming of movie screens. When Fan Bingbing went to Spain to serve as a judge at the International Film Festival last year, she wrote on Weibo that the work has begun, and put 2 pictures taken in the theater, one of which took a picture of the big screen of the ** movie, so she was criticized by netizens for infringing copyright, and asked her to urgently modify and retransmit the post; Zhang Ziyi also took her children to the cinema in 2020 to watch "Winning the Championship" directed by Chen Kexin, and took a picture of the child's back and uploaded it to Weibo, but unexpectedly caused controversy because of the joint filming of the movie screen.
Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi have both been involved in the theft controversy. (Pictured above, Fan Bingbing's Weibo.) cfp in the figure below).
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