As a strategic resource for individuals, enterprises and even a country to enhance their core competitiveness, intellectual property has now become more important than ever. On the special day of World Intellectual Property Day, at noon today, our column also broadcast a copyright infringement dispute case live.
Reporter Sun Qiao:
The reporter's current location is Studio 2 of the City Channel of Jilin Radio and Television Station, and what is currently going on is the copyright infringement dispute case of "Spring in Other Places", a large-scale live broadcast event jointly organized by our "Shouwang City" in conjunction with the Jilin Provincial High People's Court and the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People's Court.
Today's case begins in 2013. In the second season of "The Voice of China" held that year, Singer Kim Run-gi from Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture won the turn of four mentors, which also made him known to more audiences.
In 2017, he participated in a song competition program of a satellite TV, and a song "Spring in another country" also seemed to make people feel the charming scenery of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture.
After 4 years, this song not only brought him fame, but also made him the defendant today, and Yuan Huyuan, who is also from Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, took Kim Runji to court.
During the trial, the parties entrusted an agent ad litem to make a statement of litigation reasons for the copyright infringement dispute case of "Spring in Other Places", and presented and cross-examined evidence around the focus of the dispute and their respective claims.
Presiding Judge:
The parties may negotiate a settlement on their own within 10 days of the adjournment and inform this Court of the settlement. If this court is not informed within the time limit, the collegial panel will announce the judgment on the case at a later date, and the parties should carefully check the transcript, sign after there is no objection, and now announce an adjournment.
It is understood that this case is the first time in recent years that Yanbian local song authors have defended their rights in the form of litigation to infringe on musical works, and this live broadcast is hoping that through reporting this case, everyone will pay more attention to the copyright protection of ethnic works created in minority languages, and through effective protection, encourage authors to create more and better national literary and artistic works.
Fang Yongnan, Associate Professor, Yanbian University Law School:
The defendant in this case is well-known, the alleged infringer is the operator of a well-known satellite TV channel, and the other is a singer with a certain degree of popularity in recent years, and the publicity and reporting of this case is of positive significance for standardizing the performance of song performers, the program production behavior and Internet dissemination behavior of television stations, improving social copyright protection awareness, and strengthening copyright protection.
The live broadcast was an uninterrupted all-media live broadcast of the copyright infringement dispute case of "Spring in Other Places" in the form of studio + trial scene. According to statistics, in the process of live broadcasting, a total of 2 million netizens watched synchronously on platforms such as Douyin, Today's Toutiao, Kuaishou, and Yi live broadcast.