web drama "Fireworks in My World" continues to be on the air, and discussions about the entangled emotional lines between the heroine, the heroine, and the supporting actor in the drama continue to heat up, and the original web novel "A City, Waiting for You" behind it has attracted the attention of the outside world. Just when the series and the novel were warming up simultaneously, Internet writer Shen Nanqiao issued an article pointing out that "A City, Waiting for You" was suspected of plagiarism. On July 17, in response to the question of plagiarism, the writer Jiu Yuexi issued a response: No plagiarism, nor read the other party's book, it is a common setting, not original.
issued an article denying: I haven't read the other party's book
"My Fireworks in the World" "out of the circle" from an unexpected angle for drama fans. The
Beacon Professional Edition shows that "My Fireworks in the World", which was launched on July 5, has exceeded 1.4 billion cumulative broadcasts. Together with the emotional lines of the characters in the play, the hot search on Weibo also included discussions on the original book "A City, Waiting for You".
writer Shen Nanqiao released a content comparison chart of the novel a few days ago, and said: A city (that is, "A City, Waiting for You") and my "I'm Only Afraid I Love You" published in 2013 are very similar in some settings in the line of "false brothers and sisters".
In response to a large number of plagiarism questions, on July 17, Jiu Yuexi issued a response: I did not plagiarize, nor did I read the other party's book. This type of text is a very common type of setting, and it is not original. No one has the right to prohibit others from writing on similar subjects.
Public information shows that "A City, Waiting for You" was published on the online platform Jinjiang Literature City in 2017. As a signed author of the platform, Jiu Yuexi also wrote "Dear Archimedes", "You Are So Beautiful", "Ruochun and Jingming" and other works. From "Youth in Youth" to "Fireworks on Earth"
In addition to the question of plagiarism, Jiu Yuexi's more controversy comes from "Rongge".
" absorbs other people's framework and highlights, and then adds a lot of descriptions to reduce the weight of the text. It is true that the plagiarism cannot be seen directly from the comparison of words, but there is always a feeling of deja vu when reading. I think it is unfair to the original creator if I borrow from others. But reader Guo Rui said, "'Rongge' is quite common in online articles, as long as the content is original, it can be accepted." According to
public information, the definition of "merging stems" is the act of bringing together ideas from all parties in the process of creating online literature, and borrowing other people's intellectual achievements in terms of character setting and story routines.
As for this kind of creative reference, the "Jinjiang Literature City Original Writing Specification" shows that independent creativity is not protected, but the specific words expressing the creativity, or the sequence, logic and causal relationship that link many ideas are protected. For example, "Crash and ride through", anyone can use the idea itself, but the text describing this story cannot be the same as others.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Jiu Yuexi has been involved in plagiarism. According to public information, the original work of the movie "Youth in Youth" is "Youth in Youth, So Beautiful", which has been suspected of plagiarizing works such as "White Night Walk", "Lonicera" and "Devotion of Suspect X". The case of author Zu Zhan suing Jiu Yuexi's "Little South Wind" for infringing the copyright of "Hug You Across Time" was officially filed in 2022. Regarding the questioning of plagiarism and "melting stems", a reporter from Beijing Business Daily contacted Jiu Yuexi and Jinjiang Literature City, but as of press time, no reply has been received.
Lawyer: Plagiarism is serious infringement, "Rongge" is high-level plagiarism
Zhao Hu, a lawyer from Beijing Zhongwen Law Firm, pointed out that the term "plagiarism" is applied to serious infringement in law, and it actually has an inclusive relationship with "copyright infringement". "Copyright infringement" includes many situations including "plagiarism".
usually adopts a "two-step approach" when determining whether a literary work constitutes copyright infringement.
Zhao Hu mentioned that the first step is "contact" or "contact possibility", for example, the plaintiff's work was published first, and the defendant may have been in contact with the plaintiff's work.The second step is "substantial similarity". Copyright protects expressions but not ideas. Therefore, to determine whether a literary work constitutes substantial similarity, it is generally necessary to first exclude the "public knowledge" part of the work, such as borrowing from ancients and common sense, and then compare it with the original expression content of the allegedly infringing work in terms of character relationships, specific plots, and lines to determine whether they are the same or similar.
"Rongge" is not a legal term, but an Internet term. Generally speaking, it is a kind of "advanced plagiarism". When determining whether there is infringement, it is necessary to determine whether the works are similar or identical in thought or expression. If it is similar or identical in expression, it is often not considered whether it is "integrated", but whether it constitutes an infringement from the perspective of "substantial similarity".
Beijing Business Daily reporter Lu Yang Han Xinyuan
