Actor Shen Teng: Movies are our children, piracy is like human traffickers

During the Spring Festival this year, after the release of several popular movies such as "The Wandering Earth", "Flying Life" and "Crazy Alien", large-scale piracy occurred. Yesterday, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, reporting on the special case against the infringement of pirated movies during the Spring Festival this year. It is reported that the investigation has solved 25 film and television infringement and piracy cases so far, arrested 251 criminal suspects, and the amount involved is 230 million yuan.

Domestic actors such as Wu Jing, Huang Bo, Han Han and Shen Teng also spoke at the meeting. Actor Shen Teng said: " Works are like our children, and piracy is like human traffickers. We are very sad when pirated. We can't make works that we don't want to be pirated. We are very confident that we can continue to provide good works for the audience ." Then Shen Teng thanked the public security team for finding his "child" back, and called on people to raise awareness of copyright protection.

Interestingly, Shen Teng also explained at the scene that the "Mahua Film and Television" App that was shut down by the public security authorities had nothing to do with his "Happy Mahua". " This Mahua is not that Mahua, it is completely different. What that 'Mahua' did was bound to be shut down by the public security authorities ."

Wu Jing said that the infringement and piracy of "The Wandering Earth" shortly after its release was actually destroying the jobs of creators who work hard. If creators who have made good works cannot benefit from their works, the virtuous cycle of film and television creation will be broken, and there will naturally be no healthy development. Wu Jing said that he was grateful to the public security organs and relevant departments for their effective work, which effectively cracked down on infringements and deterred lawbreakers and criminals.

"I think that to truly solve the problem in this area, it is probably not enough to rely solely on the efforts of the public security organs. This requires all of us to strengthen our awareness of protecting intellectual property rights and the joint efforts of the entire society. I am very pleased that after the piracy problem occurred in the Spring Festival movies this time, we saw many enthusiastic netizens take the initiative to stand up and resist this illegal behavior and actively report related illegal activities. It can be seen that as copyright awareness becomes deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, China will definitely get better and better in intellectual property protection."

Huang Bo mentioned that he once attended a new movie press conference. When he was stuck in traffic, he saw a stall outside the car window selling CDs. The CDs were the ones for the movie he was about to attend the press conference for.

"I feel sad and helpless. We have been talking about this issue for many years. Today's success makes us very happy."