China Film Huateng accused the movie "Nezha" of plagiarism and has now hired a lawyer to defend its rights

Southern Metropolis Daily reported on August 27 that on August 26, in response to the "Nezha" plagiarism, China Film Huateng issued a statement saying that it had entrusted Beijing Jincheng Tongda Law Firm to handle related legal matters. China Film Huateng said in the statement that "the work "Five-Dimensional Memory", which has been created with years of hard work, will not tolerate any form of infringement." On the afternoon of August 26, the secretary of the board of directors of Guangguang Media, one of the producers of the "Nezha" movie, told the Southern Metropolis Daily reporter that the company has noticed the matter internally, but has not yet responded.

At 13:38 on August 26, the official Weibo account of China Film Huateng (Beijing) Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Film Huateng") released a rights protection statement. The statement shows that China Film Huateng has officially commissioned Beijing Jincheng Tongda Law Firm to provide special or litigation legal services for the copyright of "Five-Dimensional Memory", a work created by the China Film Huateng team, which is suspected of being plagiarized by a certain animated film. The lawyer's statement released by Beijing Jincheng Tongda Law Firm also shows that "the commission has been accepted" and stated that "any use of the work "Five-Dimensional Memory" without permission constitutes infringement. According to the law, it should bear the legal responsibility of stopping infringement, apologizing and compensating for losses."

Nandu reporter previously reported that on August 21, Weibo user @石璟箜篌 posted a message saying that the domestic animated film "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" plagiarized the creative show "Five-Dimensional Memory" starring him, and released several comparison pictures highlighting the "similarities". Among them, both works have elements of traditional Chinese yin and yang and the eight trigrams, and are similar in color matching and shape. At 16:00 on August 21, the official Weibo of China Film Teng shouted to the creators of the movie "Nezha", "Why is the movie "Nezha" so similar to the creative show script of "Five-Dimensional Memory"? Even the scenes can be restored. Our creative team really wants to compare the script with Director Jiaozi (the director of the movie "Nezha")."

One of the comparison pictures of the two works

In response to this matter, some lawyers believe that whether a film or TV work is plagiarized needs to be determined by professional judicial authorities. In the absence of an effective judgment to determine that it constitutes infringement, the accuser's claim of plagiarism in public channels will bring risks such as defamation, and it is recommended that it be resolved through legal proceedings. Some scholars also believe that this plagiarism dispute may also reflect the industry's crux of "the low level of domestic cultural industry and limited visual presentation methods."

At present, the creative team and production company of the movie "Nezha", which have been asked to review the script, have not made any public response to this matter.