362.Underground Factory (Monthly Pass +13)

went to the office building with a happy mood, Wang Bo just sat down for a while, his butt was not yet hot, and someone knocked on the door outside.

He sat upright and said please come in, the person who came must be from the town or a tourist, otherwise he would not have knocked on the door so politely.

It turned out that he was not wrong, but he could not have guessed the identity of the person who came: Bass and Williams, who had just been cleaned up by him and brought their families to the town!

"Please take a seat, is there anything going on?" Wang didn't have a good impression of the two, if it weren't for Bass with his wife and daughter, then he would definitely not let the two move to the town, and he believed that the two were spies sent by Robert to break into the town.

Buzz took a deep breath and said, "Mayor Mare, we've had some unpleasant things happen in the past, and I know you feel bad about us. ”

Wang Bo said bluntly: "Yes, there is no doubt about this, you don't need to emphasize it, is there anything wrong?" Let's get straight to the point. ”

Buzz glanced at Williams and said, "Okay, Mayor Mare." I don't know if you still have an impression of one thing two days ago, when we first came to town, I told you that there was an inside scoop about Robert, about Tahiti Town......"

Wang Bo recalled it, it seemed that there was such an incident, but at that time, the rabbit brother disappeared, and he didn't care about dealing with it, so he forgot about it.

After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Yes, there is an impression, and then what?" ”

"Then, Mayor Mare, both you and I know that Robert has sabotage ideas for Sunset Town, and now I can provide an opportunity that is enough for you to strike first......"

Williams interrupted Buzz and said, "Man, don't go around the corner, let's get straight to the point, there's an underground factory in Tahiti Town that produces pirated music CDs and records, and Mayor Robert and Sheriff Anthony are the bastards of what!" ”

Hearing his words, Wang Bo stood up suddenly, he frowned and said, "Music piracy underground factory? How do you know? ”

Haney told him something similar, saying that there was an underground factory in Tahiti town about piracy or other illegal industries, but he was not sure that he was not allowed to approach a farm during the eight months he was in the town, and that he had only come to this conclusion by his own observations.

Now that Bass and Williams are suing him that the underground factory was used for pirated music, it is clear that they are not lying or talking nonsense according to the information given by Haney, and whether it is a trap or not, then let's say otherwise.

Thinking of this, he looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "Why are you telling me this news?" ”

Williams said anxiously: "You can use the news to deal with Robert, this is an infringement of intellectual property rights, you know, this is illegal." ”

Infringement of intellectual property rights, the English term is copyrightinfringement, there are other names for copyright infringement, in life, it has a more popular name, that is, piracy.

New Zealand has a strong level of intellectual property protection, and the reproduction or redistribution of a work or the publication of related items without the consent of the copyright holder can be called piracy, punishable by a maximum fine and imprisonment depending on the severity of the case.

Wang Bo stood leaning against the edge of the table, he folded his arms and looked at the two of them condescendingly and asked, "Yes, I know it's illegal, but you have to sue me for what he did." ”

"It's mainly pirated music, and it's mainly Asian, especially your Chinese music, and there are a lot of pirated music. He did not rip but covers, and he hired wandering singers all year round, finding songs from Asia that might be popular in New Zealand, and having them cover them in English or Māori. Needless to say, there's a lot of profit to be made that way, right? Bass said.

Wang Bo asked, "Asia-oriented?" What about Europe and the United States, I bet that those pop songs in Europe and the United States are more popular, right? ”

Bas touched his nose awkwardly and said: "Yes, but he didn't dare to do it, maybe I should put it bluntly, the songs he covered were mainly from China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Europe and the United States?" He didn't dare, he didn't dare to make an infringing cover of European and American golden songs. ”

Although he said several countries, you can see from his expression that those countries are just foils, and Robert's infringing songs are mainly from China. And this guy is very cunning, he is not a simple rip, he actually found a few singers to cover in English and Maori, so that it basically does not cause a lawsuit in New Zealand.

It is true that New Zealand is a member of the International Consortium for the Protection of Intellectual Property, so in theory, New Zealand publications are protected by intellectual property rights in many countries around the world, and goods containing intellectual property rights in other countries of the Union are also strictly protected in New Zealand.

For example, in New Zealand, Hollywood movies or audiovisual publications of music companies in the United States have almost onerous protections, and it is illegal for individuals to download American films and music from the Internet in New Zealand.

Of course, China has also joined the International Intellectual Property Protection Alliance, but that is only a face-saving project for officials, and in fact, intellectual property protection is just a joke in China.

Robert clearly understands this, and he translates Chinese songs and sells them at a low price in the underground market for a profit, New Zealanders don't know where they come from, and Chinese immigrants may know, but they don't care, because most people don't have a sense of copyright protection.

In this way, there were no complaints, no accusations, and his piracy business would naturally not be hit, and Robert made a good calculation.

However, there is no doubt that he is indeed illegal, so if Bass and Williams did not dig a hole for him, then Wang Bo could use this method to inflict heavy damage on Robert.

He was worried that Robert had dug a hole with the two of them, so he asked, "Why did you tell me this news?" Robert and Anthony, those two guys will know sooner or later that you are the informant, and you are not afraid of offending them? ”

"Of course I'm afraid, but I'm just afraid. We belong to Sunset now, and we know you have more power than him, and you may not like us, but you'll definitely protect the townsfolk from illegal encroachment, right? Bas said confidently.

Wang Bo looked at him and said, "You're right, as the mayor of the town, I will definitely protect every townsman from illegal infringements." But where do you see that I have more power than Bass? ”

Williams said: "When you came to arrest us that day, almost the whole town was dispatched, and if the situation was the opposite, Robert and Anthony would definitely not have such appeal!" (To be continued.) )