Why do Tencent's three major music platforms repeatedly infringe on users 'own upload functions become hidden dangers

KuGou's unauthorized works on the shelves continue to ferment. The reporter's investigation found that now it is not only KuGou Music, but also two other online music platforms of Tencent Music Entertainment Group Group, Kuwi Music and QQ Music.

KuGou's unauthorized works are still fermenting. The reporter's investigation found that now it is not only KuGou music. Tencent Music Entertainment Group Group's other two online music platforms Kuwi Music and QQ Music also have infringement acts. Originally a copyright boss in the online music platform, he reached cooperation with many record companies, but his platform was successively accused of infringement, which undoubtedly dimmed the starlight of Tencent Music Entertainment Group Group.

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Independent musician Li ran publicly pointed out KuGou music infringement on Weibo, which caused no small ripples, and many people in the circle of music also searched KuGou Music to see if they were also experiencing the situation in which their works were secretly on the shelves. Then, including A. Mercader, Fazi, FAVOURS! A number of musicians and bands, including band and folk singer Wang Luyao, have publicly stated that KuGou Music committed acts of infringement and were unauthorised by KuGou Music to put their works on the shelves.

while the scope of KuGou's music infringement is constantly expanding, some bands have found that in addition to KuGou Music, on the two platforms of Kuwi Music and QQ Music, both owned by Tencent Music Entertainment Group Group, their own works have also been privately put on the shelves and asked each other to stop infringing acts. Among them, the Fazi band further revealed after making a public statement that there are still 27 songs online on Kuwi music, and related songs have been removed from other platforms.

the Tencent Music Entertainment Group Group, which was established in July 2016 and merged QQ Music with KuGou Music and Kuwi Music, has a large share of the market and won a lot of music rights because of pooling resources from all sides. But it is also the copyright boss, its three platforms are constantly pointed out by musicians that there are infringement problems, a band lead singer Mr. Lu stressed: "KuGou music and cool I music are more serious."

Mr. Zhang, the person in charge of a domestic music label, told reporters, "after the KuGou infringement incident, we also conducted a copyright investigation on the works of our company's artists. Up to now, according to our preliminary statistics, the works of more than 20 bands of the company have been infringed by KuGou Music and Kuwo Music, and the total number of infringing works is still in the statistical process. At the same time, the next solution is also being discussed within the company.

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A reporter's investigation found that the three platforms under Tencent Music Entertainment Group Group have been accused of infringement many times before. In November, independent musician Shirfine pointed out the infringement of QQ Music and KuGou's music on the official Weibo, and has issued a warning to the two platforms through authorized lawyers, demanding that all unauthorized works be removed; in June this year, freelance musician Wang Xuan said publicly that KuGou Music had infringed on its own rights by illegally distributing more than 20 original songs on its website without permission.

it is worth noting that the works that have been infringed by these three platforms so far include not only officially released singles or albums, but also music Demo and works that have been rehearsed but not officially released. The continuous infringement incidents can not help but make people in the industry think about how these infringing works landed on the three platforms of Tencent Music Entertainment Group Group.

in response, KuGou Music said that in addition to the storage and launch of authorized files provided by the copyright owner, there are also uploads by users. The platform generally requires the other party to provide supporting documents when uploading, and guarantees that he is the copyright owner, while it is difficult for the platform to verify the ownership of the right to upload lyrics and songs on its own.

Wang Yi, founder of 1m Watch, believes that the platform should strictly examine the uploaded works, which is an unshirkable responsibility. At the same time, the musicians involved in the infringement incident also disagreed with the platform's response: "first of all, we do not authorize the infringing platform; if the user uploads it by himself, the platform should also make sure that the other party has been officially or real-name certified. Do have copyright. The occurrence of infringement not only causes harm to the creator, but also brings losses to the platform authorized through formal channels.

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after the outbreak of the infringement incident, several musicians said, "every work created will certainly hope to be appreciated by everyone through different channels. It is not to hide it, no matter what, not to let the platform go online. The key is to hope that the platform can go through the formal formalities. After the two sides sit down to discuss authorization matters, they will be put on the shelves."

in the eyes of practitioners, the incident reflects the weakness of domestic copyright protection. "according to overseas experience, copyright should have become an important source of income for musicians, but many domestic musicians have not even received royalties, and musicians cannot feed themselves if they do not perform. To the indignation of musicians, Tencent-related platforms did not take the initiative to dock or communicate with musicians after the infringement was pointed out, and then silently removed the infringing works without any indication. Other platforms will take the initiative to communicate with musicians or copyright owners in similar situations to discuss how to solve the problem, "said the agent, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

copyright protection has become the key to the healthy development of the online music market. In this incident, some musicians did not take the initiative to find out that they had been infringed, but were driven by the incident to search, or were reminded by fans. Wang Yi said that copyright protection requires the joint efforts of all parties, and music creators and platforms should enhance their awareness of copyright protection, in which creators need to enhance their awareness of self-protection, and policy provisions need to be further improved. and we need responsible trade associations to work together to promote copyright protection and crack down on infringement. As for the musicians who have been infringed this time, they need to retain the evidence that they own copyright and that the other party infringes on it.

Edit: mary