When the supermarket starts to play "Gong Xi Fa Cai", the flavor of the new year comes up immediately... As the Spring Festival approaches, many netizens joke: "Andy Lau is going to the supermarket to work." Recently, the topic #Andy Lau has been working in the supermarket for 19

When the supermarket started playing "Gong Xi Fa Cai"

the flavor of the New Year came up immediately...

As the Spring Festival approaches,

many netizens joked:

"Andy Lau is going to the supermarket to work"

Recently, the topic

#Andy Lau has I have been working in a supermarket for 19 years #

triggered a heated discussion among netizens

Screenshot of netizen comments

html On November 31st, when Andy Lau attended a new movie promotion event, he teased that he was about to "thaw out". When asked how long he had been "working" in the supermarket, Andy Lau was stunned. It turned out that he had even forgotten about it. He recalled that he hoped to make a very festive song so that everyone could hear it every New Year. Unexpectedly, "Gong Xi Fa Cai" became an instant hit.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai" was released in 2005. In other words, Andy Lau has been "working" in the supermarket for 19 years.

html On January 31, Andy Lau talked about "Gong Xi Fa Cai" during an interview. (Screenshot of the video)

Some netizens said:

"When I hear this song, I feel like I am buying new year goods"

"The sense of immersion is very strong, I am already in the supermarket"

"The atmosphere is very strong, has already inserted his hand into the rice. "...

Can supermarkets randomly display "Gong Xi Fa Cai"?

"Gong Xi Fa Cai" brings the flavor of the New Year to supermarkets of all sizes. However, when supermarkets display "Gong Xi Fa Cai", they also need to be careful not to infringe.

Zhao Zhanzhan, a lawyer at Beijing Jiawei Law Firm, said that if supermarkets, shopping malls, shopping malls, etc. play the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" as background music in their business premises without the rights holder's permission, it is an infringement of the rights holder's rights to the work. performance rights and does not qualify as fair use.

Zhao Zhan pointed out that the determination of copyright infringement does not require profit-making. That is to say, even if it is not for profit, as long as it does not meet the scope of fair use, it still constitutes infringement.

If you buy a genuine CD of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" in a supermarket and then play the genuine CD in the supermarket, is it an infringement?

Zhao Zhanzhan said that the performance right in copyright includes two forms, one is live performance, and the other is mechanical performance (using mechanical equipment to publicly broadcast the work). Any public broadcast without the authorization of the copyright owner infringes the performance rights. Supermarkets that use CDs to publicly play genuine songs are considered mechanical performances.