Video summaries of the film cost the copyright holder more than $ 41 million in damages. As a result, platforms have linked up asking for a ban on this method of viewing.
Sina reported that 15 associations including the China Television Art Exchange Association, the Drama Production Industry Association, and 5 video platforms such as iQiyi, Tencent Video, Linmon Pictures, Chinh Ngo Duong Quang company, Hoa The book has issued a joint statement calling on social networks to respect the originality, protect copyrights, and do not modify cinematic works without permission. Violators will be prosecuted before the law.
According to the Sina , in China, short-film summaries are becoming increasingly popular, even as a new way of watching movies. Including advertisements like “watch all 5 minutes Save the globe “,” 3 minutes to know the latest episode’s content Son Hai love “… This is an infringement on the rights of companies that have film copyrights. 
More than 800 million viewers, losses at least 41 million USD. According to the 47th China Internet Development Report issued by the Network Information Center (CNNIC), as of December 2020, the number of users of online video services in China was 927 million. There are up to 873 million people regularly watch short film reviews, accounting for 88.3%. The National Copyright Office of China also stated that 10 million works have been grafted without permission. In which, more than 3 million short videos have been deleted from 2019 to October 2020. According to the Sina , there are 2.72 trillion views of these videos, for a fee of 1 yuan per 10,000 views, the regulators helped copyright holders reduce damages by 272 million yuan (more than 41 million USD). ). The Chinese Copyright Office assessed that these types of videos infringe intellectual property rights, exert great influence on entertainment programs, movie theater or TV movie sales. According to the Sina , the job of short videos not only affects the visits and revenue of the programs, this action also creates bad habits when enjoying art. The movie summaries do not meet the accuracy of the content of the works, even seriously affecting the future of the film and television industry. 
The accounts of the video cut-and-play for the movie Tam Sinh Three Times: Thap Li Dao Hoa was sued in court. Photo: Sina. In 2017, a number of film production companies including Disney sued Coc A Mac account in court for arguing that it is illegal to create short videos “5 minutes to watch movie A”. However, Coc A Mac affirms that these videos are only secondary products, do not violate the principles of copyright. The incident lasted until now and during this time the account was not allowed to post any movie content. In 2019, the Youku site sued the Movie Prize account for voluntarily cutting and merging videos of the movie Three-world birth: Cross training flower . The Beijing court ruled that the Movie Award must pay Youku 30,000 yuan. Through the statement, film production units require carriers to be more strict in allowing the posting of pirated content. At the same time, they also called on people to raise awareness in protecting the legal rights of filmmakers.
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