Recently, the well-known actor Yang Mi stalled a lawsuit, because of 100,000 yuan, was counterclaimed extortion. It is reasonable to say that Yang Mi, such a big red person, how can he care about this little money? Who sued Yang Mi? The following will unveil this mystery for everyone.
However, this matter has to start two years ago. In 2019, Yang Mi found that a certain brand used pictures and photos containing the plaintiff's name and portrait as advertisements on a website without his permission to conduct commercial publicity, misleading consumers to obtain illegal benefits from them. Believing that the brand side has seriously infringed on Yang Mi's right to name and portrait, in order to protect its legitimate rights and interests, it filed a lawsuit.
On October 13, 2020, after trial and judgment, the court ruled that a brand's behavior was profit-making and had constituted an infringement of Yang Mi's right to name and portrait, and ordered a brand to publish an apology statement on the home page of the store for 24 consecutive hours, apologize to Yang Mi, and compensate Yang Mi for economic losses of 100,000 yuan, with a total of 103699 yuan in notary fees and other expenses.
A brand was not satisfied with the judgment, counterclaimed Yang Mi for extortion, and appealed. The brand side believes that its store was closed in 2019, the telephone customer service can be checked, and the online store background also has proof, and there is no picture on the online store at all. Yang Mi actually wanted to profit from infringement on the grounds of infringement. At the same time, the brand did not receive a court summons, and the private judgment was unfair.
On November 8, 2021, the second-instance judgment was pronounced. After the court's investigation and trial, it was found that the store pictures, photos, websites, contact information, addresses, etc. provided by Yang Mi were conclusive. There is no such thing as a store closure as the brand calls it. The original court served the summons in accordance with the law, but it was rejected many times, and the first instance trial was not improper. In the end, the court ruled to dismiss the appeal and upheld the original judgment.
Now you know what's going on! The brand side used Yang Mi's portrait privately to make profits from it and was arrested. As a result, the other party said that his store had long been closed, there was no picture on the Internet, but he framed Yang Mi for extortion. Think of a first-line star in the hall, will be for this little money to extort, but also too small to see the income of movie stars, has not heard the "sky-high film remuneration" statement?
The brand refused to accept the subpoena, which instead slyly argued that the court did not issue it. Finally, in the face of the evidence, he really punched his face. Since you run the train with your mouth full, don't blame the law for being fair and strict.
In fact, the photos of celebrities are used more privately. Perhaps first- and second-tier cities are rarely seen, and fifth- and sixth-tier cities have long been flooded. Walking on the street, seeing the advertisements on the street, which has no stars on it, all walks of life are emerging in an endless stream. Especially that kind of small card, I don't know if you've seen it, it's full of female stars. So whether the stars have endorsed these products, we have no way to verify, anyway, who is hot to whom.
For the star, his name and portrait have long been commercialized, and if they need to be used, they must be authorized and pay copyright royalties. In fact, as ordinary people, we are not willing to hang our own photos everywhere, maybe what advertising, put you on the pole, big scenery, affect the reputation.
In fact, Yang Mi's identity is not only an artist, she has long become the boss, Jiaxing Media is her company, and its artists have long been famous and powerful. The list of artists includes: Di Lieba, Zhang Binbin, Wang Xiao, Zhang Yunlong, Huang Mengying, Liu Ruilin, Lai Yi, Dais, Zhu Xudan, Wang Yifei, Li Tingting, Yuan Yuxuan, Yi Daqian, Zhuang Dafei, Zhu Zijie, Wang Yiming, Fan Zhixin, Huang Yangdiantian, Zhang Mingcan, Zhang Song, Han Donglin, Yu Yao.
Like Yang Mi, not only her appearance, but also her courage. Yang Mi has had a lot of scandals since her debut, but there is only one real love affair, that is, she and Liu Kaiwei. In 2012, the two had an affair because of the drama, and they married in 2014, and they had a daughter after marriage. In 2018, the two broke up due to disagreement. Dare to love and dare to hate, is the true disposition.
Celebrities have the right to portraits, in fact, we are the same, support rights protection, and resolutely punish lawbreakers.