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#GreatChinaWall #Piracy
Hong Kong Filmmaker Inserts "Sensitive" Words to Curb Video-Piracy by Chinese Netizens
Hebe is a Hong Kong filmmaker who fell victim to video piracy: Chinese netizens have been reposting Hebe's original videos to make profit without his consent.
Hebe has a video channel with over 60,000 subscribers. His videos introduces the locations wherein Hong Kong films in the 1980s and the 1990s were shot.
He made complaints to websites in China after discovering that his videos have been 'stolen' and reposted on the Chinese Internet; however, no action has been taken.
In the end, Hebe used an unconventional way to fend off video pirates from China by inserting words that are deemed "sensitive" by Chinese authorities.
Even when his videos were reposted on Chinese websites, the censors would soon take them down.
Source: RTHK #Jul12
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1600320-20210712.htm
#Creativity #Sensitivity
Hong Kong Filmmaker Inserts "Sensitive" Words to Curb Video-Piracy by Chinese Netizens
Hebe is a Hong Kong filmmaker who fell victim to video piracy: Chinese netizens have been reposting Hebe's original videos to make profit without his consent.
Hebe has a video channel with over 60,000 subscribers. His videos introduces the locations wherein Hong Kong films in the 1980s and the 1990s were shot.
He made complaints to websites in China after discovering that his videos have been 'stolen' and reposted on the Chinese Internet; however, no action has been taken.
In the end, Hebe used an unconventional way to fend off video pirates from China by inserting words that are deemed "sensitive" by Chinese authorities.
Even when his videos were reposted on Chinese websites, the censors would soon take them down.
Source: RTHK #Jul12
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1600320-20210712.htm
#Creativity #Sensitivity
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有港人稱為創作短片加敏感字眼 防被內地侵權
有本港影片創作者，發現自己原創影片疑在內地被人侵權，上載到其他平台以圖利，經投訴後未獲有效處理，因而自出奇招解決問題。 受訪者Hebe，製作多條與八、九十年代港產電影有關的短片，例如尋訪拍攝地點的變遷等，上載到港人常用的影片平台頻道，訂閱人數超過6萬。但他發現有人未經他同意，將影片上載到內地影片平台。 他說最常聽到的解釋，是內地人不能登入某些影片平台，因此有人「搬運」影片到內地平台，讓用戶觀賞。但他質疑這種做法實際上是「偷」，有關人士更可能透過廣告獲利。 Hebe表示，曾經向相關平台反映被侵權，但處理速…