2017 Beijing's "Spring Promotion Conference" reduces the number of classic and old dramas and remakes popularity

The annual 2017 Spring Beijing TV Program Fair is being held. As this TV drama trading event, known as the industry's weathervane, enters its decade, many new features that are different from previous years have emerged. In addition to the platform that continues and focuses on TV drama trading promotion, more derivative functions around the film and television industry chain have begun to be highlighted.

Original title: The establishment of the Film and Television Copyright Appraisal Committee

With the popularity and even proliferation of IP dramas, news of suspected plagiarism of original novels or scripts of various popular TV dramas continues to appear in the media. In 2014, Qiong Yao sued Yu Zheng for plagiarizing her work "Plum Blossom Blossom" by "Palace Lock and City", and finally won the case and was awarded a compensation of 5 million yuan; in 2016, Yu Zheng was again sued for plagiarizing "Evil Hypnotist"; at the end of 2016,"Fairview" After the popularity, it was exposed that the original had copied more than 200 novels; In 2017, the hit "Sansheng III Ten Miles Peach Blossom" was also caught in a plagiarism storm. The past of the original author Tang Qi and Dafeng was mentioned again... Since the definition and ownership of film and television copyright has always been an extremely cumbersome task, it takes time, energy, and money to file a lawsuit, so many infringements have disappeared. However, this issue is expected to be resolved this year. At the 2017 Spring Beijing TV Program Fair held from March 19 to 21, the "Beijing Film and Television Copyright Expert Appraisal Committee" was announced to be established, which will fill a gap in the judicial appraisal of film and television copyright.

The newly established "Beijing Film and Television Copyright Expert Appraisal Committee" consists of 26 experts, including 14 legal experts and 12 experts in the literary and artistic circles. Su Zelin, vice chairman of the Law Committee of the National People's Congress, vice president of China Behavioral Law Society, and president of the Judicial Behavior Research Society of China Behavioral Law Society, said,"Looking at the copyright cases tried by courts in various places in recent years, film and television copyright cases have ranked first all year round. Such cases are not only large in number and high in proportion, but also new situations and new problems emerge one after another. In particular, the identification of script plagiarism, plagiarism between plays, and the identification of originality, uniqueness, expression and other issues not only greatly increase the difficulty of hearing the case, but also add a huge workload to the judge., costing the judge a lot of working time. In addition, determining the amount of infringement compensation in film and television copyright cases is also a difficult problem in the court hearing process."

In response to this phenomenon, Su Zelin pointed out,"Although my country has established a number of professional intellectual property appraisal agencies, including professional copyright appraisal agencies, as of now, the appraisal agency specifically for film and television works is still a blank. The content of film and television works is very large. A TV series often has dozens of episodes, and a film and television script has more than 100,000 words in words. The expression forms involved are complex, involving words, work scripts, and the film and television script itself. It will also involve various work forms such as music and art used in film and television dramas. Therefore, the appraisal of film and television copyright is highly professional, and it is imperative to establish a professional appraisal agency. Identification in film and television copyright cases is the basis for determining infringement. Only by accurately identifying the factual basis can the case be successfully resolved. Therefore, entrusting the identification issues in film and television copyright cases to professional identification agencies by purchasing services is also an important task of deepening the reform of the field of intellectual property rights."

Mao Yu, director of the Television Drama Department of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, said in his speech,"The copyright of film and television works is infringed from time to time, and these phenomena have indeed brought great harm to creators. Taking this opportunity, I hope that our newly established appraisal committee can provide legal support for the development of our film and television industry to protect rights in accordance with the law, and create a good space and atmosphere for the development of our film and television industry."

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that classic old dramas are gaining popularity again

. The annual 2017 Spring Beijing TV Program Fair is being held. As this TV drama trading event, known as the industry's weathervane, enters its decade, many new features that are different from previous years have emerged. In addition to the platform that continues and focuses on TV drama trading promotion, more derivative functions around the film and television industry chain have begun to be highlighted.

Liu Yanming, president of the Capital Radio and Television Program Production Industry Association, concluded,"First, many people in the industry no longer use 'TV series', but use words like' serial 'and' drama serial', because TV stations are no longer The only broadcast platform, mobile phones and the Internet are broadcast platforms; second, in addition to some TV series transactions in previous years, this conference has also become a platform for film and television finance, with many banks and financial institutions setting up outlets to facilitate member units to raise funds; Third, it has also become a promotion platform for film and television bases, especially the newly established film and television bases that invite member units to shoot. For example, Ordos Film and Television Base is relatively close to Beijing, only a 5-hour drive. This is its advantage."

As for the series itself participating in this year, Liu Yanming said that compared with last year's popularity of fantasy costumes, this year's number of big IPs has been significantly reduced. As far as he knows, many of the big IPs promoted at last year's Shanghai International Television Festival have not yet been implemented, because the worldview of these IPs is too grand and requires a long time and great development capabilities to be transformed into film and television works. However, judging from the current domestic film and television market, it is still relatively difficult.

Based on this, the popularity of realistic themes and classic remakes will pick up. Take Hairun Film and Television, where he works, as an example. This year, it will successively remake classic dramas such as "Bloody Romance","Desire","Stories from the Editorial Department","Year after Year", and "Pursuing Without Regret". According to his understanding, there are also companies that will remake "Nine to One"."These are works with very good reputation and very healthy in the past, and they all have the value of remaking. I know that many companies are looking for past classics to shoot, which has the meaning of returning to basics." In terms of actors, Liu Yanming said that he would match the old, middle-aged, and once again invite some actors from the old version. The standard for starring is those who can act and have strength, and they are not very good at considering using young fresh meat."These are all (last century) The plays in the seventies and eighties, and the popular young fresh meat have not yet been born. With their abilities and acting skills, whether they can interpret the spirit of that era is a problem. But we have already said hello to some of the old actors in "Desire". They were very happy to hear the news and promised to come and act."

Not using small fresh meat does not mean discrimination against small fresh meat. Faced with the public opinion environment of "the whole country criticized young meat", Liu Yanming expressed his views,"It is commendable that young people like acting. Every industry needs new people. However, since you are here to act, you should still practice the basic skills of acting in a down-to-earth manner, rather than making a debut with a little packaging. Moreover, I think their agents or brokerage companies should do professional ethics training in advance so that they can learn courtesy and respect."

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