Fight this war to the end

Wu Wenhui, CEO of China Literature Group

I know very well that this time, in the face of piracy, what has begun is a real struggle, and even war may not have happened, but since we have come to this point we are sure that piracy will not completely disappear because of any sense of introspection, then we have no choice but to fight to the end

In fact, piracy has been raging in our country since about two decades ago, and it has left the traditional publishing industry unsustainable and on the verge of collapse. A book has been released for less than half a month, and if it is widely acclaimed, then you can almost 100 percent of you can see the shadow of pirated works on roadside stalls, with poor layout, wrong and missing content, and unbearable to read.

Later, the society developed and we entered the Internet age, and the opening of the Internet allowed many people to regain the joy of reading, and many authors were able to unleash their talents. Since its inception, I have seen countless talented authors emerge from their cocoons and sway their literary brilliance on the Internet, providing readers with rich and interesting reading content, while also shaping China into the world's largest original online market

However, the shadow of piracy has not dissipated. Yes, there are fewer stalls and fewer self-employed pirates, but piracy seems to have entered a "new stage" of networked collectivization and scale, and their capital and technology "strength" has become stronger, their appetite is greater, and they are more arrogant. There is even a concept of "second piracy", when a writer posts his or her hard-working work on the Internet, the pirate can use the so-called "technical means" to immediately steal it unscrupulously, making the writer's days and months of hard work go to waste

What's even more sad is that some "Internet industry leaders" will also happily join in because of the drive of interests, there is no doubt that they have those "powerful" that ordinary authors can't imagine, not only leading China and even the world in some fields, but also they are very knowledgeable about the law, understand public relations, they will shrewdly and seriously write on the webpage "All chapters are uploaded by netizens, if your rights and interests are violated, please contact us." And when naïve writers do contact to complain, they are unsurprisingly deaf, blind and amnesiac. And if they happen to encounter some public condemnation caused by particularly bad piracy, their professional public relations team will step forward and launch a series of famous and crowned calibers such as "safe harbor principle", "netizen uploading belongs to user's spontaneous behavior", "openness of the Internet", etc., and shirk the responsibility completely. And if the interest is good, you may calmly add a sentence: "Dialectically, we have also helped many writers to promote their works, and these books can quickly become popular, and objectively we cannot ignore our contributions." ”

Yes, it's ingenious, it's professional, it's powerful

However, it is also shameless.

Today, we don't need genius prophets, and we also know that cultural creativity will become the most active and important industrial direction in the world in the future. The United States, Japan, Europe, China, every country and nation is struggling to accumulate and develop, increasing its weight in this huge market.

In this process, we also want to leave the most energy for the cultivation and discovery of writers, and hope that the Internet will give birth to a new generation of Mo Yan and Jin Yong, so that the most Chinese can read the richest and most interesting content in the most convenient and relaxed way, and then let them feel the joy and beauty of the spirit. However, the rampant piracy makes it impossible to talk about this qiē, because no matter how talented and beautiful it is, it is impossible to grow and bloom in the soil of loss of respect

We can't stand a screen full of pirated search results, and genuine content must be forced to buy keywords if it wants to find its place.

We can't tolerate pirates trading the efforts of millions of writers for huge traffic, and then brazenly inserting advertisements for various male gynecology hospitals to harm users.

We can't stand the fact that writers who go to great lengths to write a wonderful story will not only not get the rewards they deserve, but also be banned for calling for reading the genuine version in Tieba, and even their families will be viciously abused.

We can't tolerate the smugness of "stealing your book is to give you face", and the pretending ignorance of "we only do technology development".

We can't tolerate the fact that those "Internet leaders" have no problem in promoting their own values, while allowing the cultural and creative industry, which has finally regained its prosperity, to repeat the tragedy of 20 years ago.

Actually, I really hate words like "war" and "struggle", whether it is today, or when I was studying at Peking University 20 years ago, if there is one thing that has not changed, it is my love for reading and . Like many, many people, if I can have enough time every day to make a cup of tea, bask in the sun, and read my favorite novels at any time with my pad or mobile phone, I feel that I am close to "happiness".

But it is for the sake of this "happiness" that I, we, today, have no choice but to fight this war

Before today, we have made some attempts, we have gained some successes and failures, and we have gained an understanding of the hardships and difficulties of this war. I know that starting a war means that we may have to fight more than 200 lawsuits a year, it may mean hundreds of millions of expenses, it may mean facing unimaginable cunning and cruelty, and it may mean years, tens, or even decades.

But I still fight because of the dream I established fourteen years ago, the day the www.biquge.info was founded, because I trusted that countless writers would join hands with us, and because I firmly believed that truth and justice may be late, but they will never be absent

I hope that all those who believe in their dreams can join us in supporting those who create their dreams with actions from today onwards:

Don't look at piracy

Do not disseminate piracy

Do not engage in piracy

This may not be a war that should happen, but since there is no escape, we will fight to the end

I am Wu Wenhui, and I am responsible for what I say

I am Zhi Tiange, and I am here to appeal, please cherish the author's hard work, support the genuine, and support the wonderfulness of every drop of sweat

Reject piracy, starting with me