The new version of Water Margin was "pirated" by the Internet, and the final result came out. Yesterday, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television stopped the online broadcast of the play, hoping that all video websites would be offline before 24 o'clock tonight. Re-online depends on the broadcast time of satellite TV.
Starting from 20 1 10, 10, 10, major video websites have successively launched a new HD version of Water Margin, which is updated at the rate of two episodes a day. This move really angered the four major TV channels that will broadcast the drama on August 2 at 20 1 1, and they have come up with various ways to stop the network from broadcasting the new Water Margin.
Satellite TV believes that their supplementary contract agreement with the producer stipulates that "the broadcast of new media such as the Internet must be after the TV series, and the daily update progress must be later than the TV broadcast". However, in the contract between the network copyright owner Sun and the producer, it is: "From the date when the play is officially broadcast on TV, Sun's exclusive 36-month exclusive information network communication right officially takes effect and is implemented."
Sun Company, the online publisher of New Water Margin, issued a statement saying that websites such as QQLIVE, Xunlei and 6 are not "rushing to broadcast", but operate according to the contract signed with the film. According to the statement, it is stipulated in the contract that Sun's right to network communication will take effect and be implemented for 36 months from the date when The New Water Margin is officially broadcast in China 1 1. In other words, the new Water Margin broadcast by the video website from 20 1 1 did not breach the contract. For the losses suffered by the video website, the producers expressed their willingness to make sacrifices.
(Changjiang Daily)