Benshan Media Group Being Involved in an Copyright Infringement of the Original Music

2014/08/15

Pan Longjiang, a musician from Guangxi Province sued Benshan Media Group, a famous parent company of Liaoning Folk Art Troupe for using his original music A Love Song in the Bustling World in the 16th and 18th episodes of its TV series It’s not about the money. Pan demanded that Benshan Media Group to stop infringement immediately, and to compensate a total of 150,000 yuan for its economic lose and any other reasonable expenses related to the infringement of the rights of authorship, performance, reproduction, distribution and broadcast of his music. Besides, he asked for a published apology made by the defendant to eliminate the unfavorable influence. On the morning of August 21th, the hearing will be open to the public by Beijing Dongcheng District People's Court.


(Source: China IP Magazine)