The Judgement of the First Case of Online Movie Infringing Copyright of Original Works Announces

2018/01/05

On December 26, Beijing Dongcheng District Court made the judgement in the case that the author of Paradoxical Group, and Mr. Wang, an author of network suspense claims ChineseAll Digital Publishing Group Co., Ltd., Hairun Pictures Company and iQIYI have infringed right of adaptation, right of making cinematographic works and right of communication of information on network of online movie of Paradoxical Group. The claims of the plaintiff was fully refused according to the law. This is the first case of online movie infringing copyright of original works. After trial of the court, ChineseAll Digital Publishing Group Co., Ltd. has obtained right of adaptation, right of making cinematographic works of Paradoxical Group and owns the right to perform related rights legally, thus it not constitutes infringement.