Can you watch “Nezha 2” for 1 yuan? Spring Festival films were collectively stolen and photographed, with millions of illegal assets hidden behind the gun version

Blue Whale News February 10 (Reporter Lu Pengpeng)During the Spring Festival period, the movie market continued to be popular, and films led by “Nezha 2” broke many records. However, behind this, many Spring Festival films were hacked, and gun version resources went viral on the Internet, and many merchants took advantage of it. Profit.

Can you watch “Nezha” for 1 yuan?

Spring Festival films were collectively stolen

Blue Whale reporter found that multiple links to gun-version videos appeared on platforms such as Xianyu using Nezha as the keyword. The link details page describes: For those who don’t have time to go to the cinema, you can also swipe it at home. It’s 4K HD and released in seconds after filming. rdquo; Not only that, the details page also includes screenshots of the video.

It is worth noting that the minimum price for such gun versions is only 1 yuan.

Following the link on the platform, the reporter contacted one of the merchants. When asked if the film sold was a gun version, the other party did not directly admit it.

In order to verify whether the video was a gun version, the reporter photographed the product, and the merchant immediately sent a link to Baidu’s online disk. The link contained a video that was more than two hours long and was 5G in size. The video was generally blurred and the background was noisy. During the screening, there were still viewers walking back and forth. After verification, it was indeed a stolen resource of “Nezha 2”.

However, even so, the low price still attracted many people to rush to buy it. On the platform, there are gun-version resource links that have been marked by thousands of people. There are also a large number of buyers in the comment area. There are also merchants whose resources have just been launched. It was taken away in seconds.

Not only was “Nezha 2” hacked, but the gun version resources of “Operation Jiaolong”,”Fengshen 2″,”Shooting Condor”,”Bear Infested” and “Tang Tan” have all flowed out on the Internet. Buyers only need to spend a few yuan. You can watch all Spring Festival movies.

Piracy, processing, distribution

The black industry chain behind the gun version resources

In response to the issue of some merchants selling gun-version videos, Blue Whale reporter consulted the platform’s customer service, and the other party said that the platform resolutely handles it in accordance with national laws and regulations. The platform has zero tolerance for counterfeit goods. Once it is verified that the seller’s behavior of selling counterfeit goods is true, the platform will immediately remove the goods and hold the seller accountable for selling counterfeit goods. At the same time, users who discover that sellers are selling pirated goods can submit a report, and the platform will deal with them seriously after verification.

It is worth noting that no matter how the platform is attacked, related gun version resources are always banned repeatedly. As soon as one link was removed, another new link appeared immediately.

Blue Whale reporter learned that behind movie theft lies a complex and hidden black industry chain involving multiple links and participants.

Upstream of the industrial chain are movie thieves, who usually use concealed camera equipment to illegally record movies in movie theaters. These thieves may be individuals or organized groups.

After the theft is completed, the relevant videos will undergo certain processing, such as editing, color adjustment, noise reduction, etc., to improve the viewing experience. This link may be completed by professional video editors.

The processed video resources will be taken over by distributors, who are responsible for spreading the gun version resources to various channels including social media, e-commerce platforms and other channels for sale. In addition, some illegal movie resource websites also launch gun version resources, and they often make money through advertising, membership fees, etc.

Piracy is illegal, police crack down on it

Why is there still a market for gun version resources?

As early as last Thursday,”Nezha 2″ had topped the domestic box office list. As of press time, the film’s box office had exceeded 8.3 billion yuan.

Regarding the issue of theft, as early as January 30, Nezha’s official Weibo had issued an article reminding you to watch movies in a civilized manner and not to steal, but related behaviors have been repeatedly prohibited. What is certain is that the existence of gun version resources will directly lead to a decrease in theater audiences, affect the box office revenue of the movie, and harm the interests of the film company.

After the Spring Festival last year, Zhejiang police cracked a number of large-scale movie theft cases. Suspects illegally distributed pirated versions of the popular Spring Festival movies “Hot and Hot”,”Flying Life 2″,”Article 20″ and “Bear Infested 3: Reverse Time and Space” and more than 500,000 film and television works that infringed on major video platforms, involving more than 6 million yuan.

A distributor told Blue Whale that the most important reason why gun version resources have always been on the market is the low price. Compared with the ticket prices of tens or even hundreds of yuan in movie theaters, the price of a few yuan is almost equal to a free gift. On the other hand, gun version resources are timely, and gun versions often appear online just a day or two after being released in movie theaters. In addition, many viewers who want to swipe it for a second time after watching the theater version will also buy the gun version online.

The distributor bluntly said: Only when there is demand can there be a market. In fact, the current audience’s awareness of copyright protection is still very weak. Many people think that watching the gun version is not infringement, but if more people watch it, they are supporting the entire piracy industry in disguise. rdquo;

In this regard, Wang Qiong, a lawyer from Beijing Yunting Law Firm, told Blue Whale reporters that selling pirated movie resources is illegal and is a copyright infringement. According to the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China, copying, distributing, or disseminating his work to the public through the information network without the permission of the copyright owner is an infringement.

Wang Qiong believes that if the circumstances are minor, he may face administrative penalties and confiscation of illegal income. If the circumstances of the infringement are serious and may constitute a crime, according to Article 217 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China: the crime of copyright infringement refers to the copying and distribution of a film for the purpose of profit without the permission of the copyright owner, and if the amount of illegal income is large or if there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.