Recently, many Jay Chou fans posted on social platforms, calling for a boycott of Jay Chou's imitators "Heilun" and "Porridge Cake Lun". The reason is that "Heilun" recently imitated Jay Chou for commercial performances, and also performed in many places in June. The "ticket price" of one stop of the bar tour is as high as 6,000 yuan; "Porridge Cake Lun" follows the footsteps of Jay Chou's concerts and goes to many places across the country to engage in "national cake tours" (to sell local cakes).
"Jay Chou copycat" started a "national tour" in June.
On June 21, two Jay Chou imitators "joined together" in a bar in Taiyuan and interacted with the audience together, causing dissatisfaction among Jay Chou fans. Some fans complained: "Piracy should be resisted!" On June 23, reporters tracked and investigated the matter.
6,000 yuan "fare" is a low-cost bar deck
html On June 21, China News Network reported that "Heilun" and "Porridge Cake Lun", two "Jay Chou copycats", performed in a bar in Taiyuan, Shanxi. It mentioned that starting from June this year, "Heilun", under the title of "Mainland's No. 1 Jay Lun", has launched in-depth cooperation with a chain of bars and conducted store tours in multiple places, including Foshan, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other cities, and The attendance rate was astonishing, and the songs he performed, such as "All the Way North", "Stranded", and "Chow Hero", were all composed by Jay Chou.Upstream news reporters checked the social account of "Heilun" and found that under the banner of being a fan of Jay Chou, he imitated Jay Chou in all aspects of image, voice and language. Starting from June this year, "Heilun" was organized by an entertainment company in Xiamen and conducted a nationwide tour in bars associated with the entertainment company. Jay Chou's classic sentence often appeared in the promotional video - "Oh, not bad."
According to relevant promotional posters, the "Heilun" tour will be held in Foshan (June 1), Suzhou (June 7), Hangzhou (June 15), Taiyuan (June 21), Xi'an (June 22) Japan) and Xiamen (June 28th and 29th), performing almost every weekend, busier than Jay Chou himself.
"Heilun" (left) and "Porridge Cake Lun" (right) perform on the same stage in Taiyuan.
"Heilun" was exposed to the sky-high price of 6,000 yuan for a "ticket" for a performance at the Hangzhou Shangcheng branch of the chain bar on June 15. An insider, Mr. Chen (pseudonym), told reporters: "This 6,000 yuan is not a ticket, but a bar card. Seat consumption is low (minimum consumption). After booking a seat, users can order beer, wine, fruit plate, snacks, etc. If they can’t finish the wine and beer, they can deposit it. The deposit for the reservation is non-refundable. will be converted into membership balance; malicious reservations will be blacklisted and will not be available for future reservations."
The insider's statement was also confirmed by another channel. The Foshan branch of the chain bar once issued an announcement on the social platform: "This time. The guests have never sold tickets. Any form of ticket sales channels are unofficial. Thank you for your love for xx (the name of the chain bar) and the singer "Heilun". "
" Porridge Cake Lun" was originally from a county in Hebei. A merchant selling egg-filled cakes has become popular because he looks like Jay Chou. This year, he started a "national cake tour" and went to Tianjin, Changsha, Shenzhen, Taiyuan and other places to fill cakes on the spot. In Taiyuan, he also performed on the same stage as "Heilun". From the live video, someone asked him to sing "Stranded", and he said: "I can't sing it, so teacher 'Heilun' sang it for everyone."
"Jay Chou copycat" performance Low-cost consumers have tripled
Will consumers pay for the "Jay Chou copycat" imitating and singing in bars? Mr. Chen said: "Because 'Heilun' and Jay Chou not only look similar, but also sound similar, so the sales are pretty good, which plays a role in stimulating consumption."
Take the Hangzhou Shangcheng branch of the chain bar where "Heilun" participated in the performance as an example , the low-cost prices for booking seats on the day of his performance are: 1,280 yuan, 1,680 yuan, 2,280 yuan, 3,980 yuan and 6,000 yuan. The reporter checked the recent prices. June 23 is also a weekend. The low-cost prices for seat reservations are: 400 yuan, 800 yuan, 1,200 yuan and 2,000 yuan. The price tripled during the "Heilun" performance.The
reporter then called the Wenzao store in Xiamen, a chain bar where "Heilun" will perform on June 28, in the name of a consumer. The store staff said: "There are no tickets for the performance on the 28th, and seats have been reserved." For the first time, online mini program bookings were not opened, but direct offline bookings were made. On June 15, "Heilun" performed at the Shangcheng branch of the chain bar in Hangzhou with a low purchase price of up to 6,000 yuan.
Then the reporter asked about the price, and the staff said: "It was almost fully booked on the first day of booking. Now the small tables are fully booked, and only the low-cost booths of 2,000 yuan, 2,580 yuan and 5,000 yuan are left." The reporter from
inquired about the specific area where the low-cost card seats were priced at 5,000 yuan. According to the introduction of the staff, the low-priced card seats at the same location on June 23 were 1,680 yuan. This also means that "Heilun" has raised the price of the card seats in this area. Nearly 3 times.
"Heilun" and "Porridge Cake Lun" imitated Jay Chou's performances. Are they authorized? The reporter called an entertainment company in Xiamen, which is responsible for organizing the performance, about this matter. When the company staff heard that it was an interview for a performance, they immediately denied it: "No, there is no concert!" and then immediately hung up the phone. The reporter also contacted Mr. Wang, the assistant who was in charge of the "Heilun" performance, about this matter, but he never answered the phone.
The popular "Porridge Cake Lun" was questioned by netizens and was still live broadcasting the pancake stall on June 23. Judging from the live broadcast video, the business was quite good. He did not reply to the reporter's private message.
Public performance of covers is easy to infringe
"Heilun" who looks exactly like Jay Chou sings Jay Chou's songs and performs offline in a bar with "Porridge Cake Lun", a cake vendor who looks exactly like Jay Chou. Is this behavior suspected of infringement?
A reporter interviewed lawyer Zhang Gongdian, senior partner and director of the supervisory board of Chongqing Zhihezhi Law Firm, regarding this matter. He believed: “If you just imitate Jay Chou and perform a clearly informed imitation show in a bar, you are not pretending to be Jay Chou to deceive others, or Derogating Jay Chou's image is difficult to be considered as infringement of portrait rights. "
A staff member of the Xiamen Wenzao store revealed that the "Heilun" performance on June 28 was very popular.
As for whether singing Jay Chou's songs is suspected of infringing Jay Chou's music copyright, lawyer Zhang Gongdian analyzed: "If the singer who 'copycats' Jay Chou sings Jay Chou's songs for commercial activities without obtaining Jay Chou's genuine authorization, then this behavior It is suspected of infringing on Jay Chou's music copyright. However, if the event organizer obtains Jay Chou's authorization through formal channels, he can perform his songs in the bar, but the performance will not be an ordinary resident singer, but a 'Jay Chou copycat'. For imitation performances, it depends on the contract between the organizer and Jay Chou's management team to see if there is any violation of secondary licensing of the song. "
actually covers the songs of famous singers for performances, which itself is a huge infringement. Risks, lawyer Zhang Gongdian also gave an example: "Covering songs itself has the risk of infringement. I remember that in 2022, Internet celebrity anchor Liu sang a familiar classic song during a live broadcast and was sued by the song rights holder. Requesting compensation of 100,000 yuan. Therefore, it is best not to engage in commercial activities such as live broadcast rewards or commercial performances when performing public performances of cover songs, otherwise it is easy to be sued for compensation by the original singer or relevant rights holders. ”
Source: Upstream News reporter Zhao Yingji
