Beijing Business News (reporter Lu Yang intern reporter Han Xinyuan) on April 27, NetEase Cloud Music official Weibo WeChat posted "Statement on Suing Tencent Music for Unfair Competition", in this regard, tencent music entertainment group brand public relations head posted in the circle of friends: "The big music industry is not easy, we still continue to focus on doing the right thing that is conducive to the development of the industry, ignoring the facts to touch porcelain will not help the development of the music industry, we will not join the ranks of the fight, After all, TME's friends are a group of people who really respect and love music. The relevant evidence has long been preserved, and the lawsuits that should be initiated have long been launched, believing in the fairness of the law. ”
The screenshot shows that NetEase Cloud Music still illegally packaged jay Chou's full song library to the public after the expiration of Jay Chou's music copyright, and after a one-and-a-half-year trial, it was convicted of infringement, fines and forfeiture income and compensation for related losses of 850,000 yuan; at the same time, the NetEase Cloud music platform can still search for different forms of copycat version of popular songs, taking the recent hit song "All the Way to Life" as an example, this song musician Wen Yixin sang, and the number of listeners on the platform has exceeded 100 million. The NetEase cloud music platform can search for multiple version of the washed song, which is suspected of serious infringement.
In February 2021, Xie Huan, vice president of Kugou Music, also posted in the circle of friends: "It turned out that the QQ listening function I did in 2006 had such far-reaching strategic significance, and after finding the demand document of that year, can I say goodbye to people copycat me?" In the article, Xie Huan also posted a screenshot of the product demand document written between 2006 and 2007. It is reported that the "listen together" function of NetEase Cloud Music was launched in July 2020.
It is reported that on April 27, NetEase Cloud Music shouted through the official Weibo, saying that it would file a judicial lawsuit against Tencent Music for acts of unfair competition. Tencent Music said that it has retained relevant evidence, and the lawsuits launched against the other party's misconduct have long been launched, believing in the fairness of the law, and calling on everyone to continue to focus on doing the right things that are conducive to the development of the industry.