Beijing News (reporter Liang Chen) On July 22, Beijing Shangyuan Culture technology co., Ltd. issued a statement saying that Alibaba's Youku network produced "This is Street Dance" program infringed the copyright of its cooperative musicians.
The statement said that in the semi-final of the tenth (20190720) of the second season, the dancers of the staircase repair team led by Luo Zhixiang unauthorizedly adapted and used the music work "War Horse" arranged and produced by panta.Q Guoqu, the copyright co-music co-author of the company's platform VFine Music, as a dance soundtrack, which infringed the right of Panta.Q Guoqu as a lyricist, the right to reproduce, the right to perform and the right to disseminate information networks, as the right to adapt the lyrics and composers. as well as the right of reproduction and the right of dissemination of information networks as producers of audio and video recordings. At the same time, the miswritten Panta.Q as Pinta Q in the program performance information violated The authorship rights of Panta.Q Guo Qu.
In addition, the company also pointed out that in the twelfth episode (20180515) of the first season of "This Is Street Dance", it also used and adapted "War Horse" for choreography and dissemination without authorization, infringing on relevant rights and interests.
VFine Music is a music commercial copyright distribution and management platform. Panta.Q Guo Qu is a Chinese electronic musician, and due to the recognition and optimism of its creative ability and electronic music market, VFine Music has strategically invested in its company in 2018 to establish a long-term cooperation.
Uehara Culture & Technology said it would take further legal action to safeguard legitimate rights and interests.
As of press time, Youku has not responded to the matter.
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