"How can the overseas law control our inland people?"

At first glance, when he heard the other party say this, Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, and then said casually: "How can the sword of the previous dynasty behead the officials of this dynasty?" ”

Zhao Shouwen was also stunned, and then nodded: "The meaning is almost the same." ”

Cao Zhiqiang touched his chin: "If I'm not mistaken, are you trying to say that overseas copyright laws can't control us from the mainland, so we pirate their books in the mainland, and they are helpless against us?" ”

"That's right." Zhao Shouwen said.

"We don't have a relevant copyright law in our country, so if you learn from each other, as long as you don't get the original author's signature wrong, and don't blatantly say that someone else's work was written by yourself, that's already good.

It's like Mr. Jin Yong, he is from Xiangjiang, and his overseas versions are all traditional characters, and they have never been officially released in the inland at all.

We changed his traditional Chinese to simplified Chinese and published it in the hinterland, and as long as the author's name is still written on him, there will be no problem.

It's better than changing the title of the book to the author, and the content is exactly the same.

In this way, we are still tantamount to making a name for Mr. Jin Yong, and he has to thank us if he wants to know.

In fact, this situation is similar to when we translate foreign masterpieces and then publish them in China.

If you don't want to go, we can add a "translation", isn't that okay? ”

"Translation?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Isn't this self-deception? ”

"How can this be self-deception? Translating traditional Chinese characters into simplified Chinese characters is a translation. ”

Zhao Shouwen said: "And the general manager, in fact, in the south, there are already many big publishing houses that have done this.

It's just that the publishing houses in the north are still arrogant for the time being, and they look down on such things as martial arts.

But I believe that sooner or later they will learn from those publishing houses in the south, and sooner or later they will produce martial arts, after all, this is really profitable.

In other words, if we don't publish Xiangjiang's martial arts, other publishing houses will do the same.

In that case, why don't we do it?

At the very least, isn't it better to publish these market-tested works than to publish our own content? ”

After listening to Zhao Shouwen's words, Cao Zhiqiang did not reply immediately, but touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

It's not that Cao Zhiqiang agreed with the other party's statement, but that he suddenly remembered the question about Jin Yong.

Indeed, in his previous life, he knew that Jin Yong's not only had three versions, but in fact, there were countless versions.

It's just that there are indeed three versions approved by Jin Yong himself, which are serialized versions, revised editions and newly revised versions.

But in fact, in the inland of the 80s, there were countless versions of Jin Yong, but they were basically pirated without Jin Yong's authorization.

However, what is interesting is that in the inland edition of the 80s, the publishing house that pirated Jin Yong was not a small workshop, but a regular publishing house.

For example, Cao Zhiqiang once saw Jin Yong from many regular publishing houses on the old book network in his previous life.

Like Fujian People's Publishing House, Jilin Publishing House, Jiangxi People's Publishing House, Lujiang Publishing House, Wutaishan Publishing House...... It seems that at least dozens of regular publishing houses have published Jin Yong's.

Not only Jin Yong's, but also others like Gulong Liang Hansheng, as well as Wolongsheng and the like, there were also a large number of inland editions at that time, which were also published by regular publishing houses.

In other words, throughout the 80s, it was indeed not a matter to pirate the martial arts of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the publishers who pirated these works were all regular publishing houses.

The quality of the books of the regular publishing house is better, the distribution channels are wider, and the key price is still very favorable.

Because Cao Zhiqiang remembered that the prices of various versions of Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts in the 80s were very favorable, and the price of a set of books was only about three yuan, even if Jin Yong's condor archery was only five or six yuan a set.

Of course, that's the price eight or four years later.

Because in October '84, the state promulgated the "Decision on the Reform of the Economic System", relaxed a large number of regulations, and the wave of business for the whole people began to set off.

It was at that time that publishing houses liberalized more regulations and completely changed to a self-supporting policy, so many publishing houses began to let themselves go in order to make money.

Because of this, some pirated books from the 80s, if you look closely at the publication date, most of them appeared after October 84, because of the unbinding of the policy.

Before the '84 policy was fully untied, most publishing houses were still eating financial food, earning more and earning less, and they couldn't get much benefit by themselves, and their reputation was not good, which was why they lacked the awareness of pirating Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts.

For example, the famous "Wulin" magazine, this magazine was the first magazine to serialize Jin Yong's works in the hinterland, and began to serialize the condor as early as 81 years, and became famous because of it, and the circulation exploded instantly.

Just because of the serial condor shooting, "Wulin" has changed from a little-known small magazine to a large magazine with monthly sales of more than 3 million.

But since the situation is so good, why didn't you stop serializing the Condor and stop updating it yourself?

It wasn't Mr. Jin Yong who issued a copyright warning to that magazine.

It was the relevant people of the local relevant departments who felt that the piracy of Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts was too embarrassing, or that they were not used to seeing this situation, and issued an "elegant and easy-going" advice to the "Wulin" magazine, so "Wulin" stopped shooting eagles.

"Wulin" Magazine is from Guangzhou, and it has always been a relatively enlightened southern magazine.

Even the magazines in the south are like this, and the publishing houses and magazines in the north can be imagined.

But after all, "Martial Arts" opened an opening, so that Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts were known to the majority of inland people.

And with the market, there is naturally demand.

So later, some relatively open, regular, and southern publishing houses began to secretly publish pirated martial arts, but the circulation was not much.

Because of this, it is rare to be expensive, a set of Condor Heroes, at this time, dare to buy the yuan.

It wasn't until eighty-four years later, when there were pirated martial arts everywhere, that the price was instantly suppressed.

But it is precisely because of this that the pirated Jin Yong before 84 years ago was very expensive in the later used book market, because of the small number and the commemorative significance, forming a scarce attribute, similar to the nature of monkey tickets.

That is to say, throughout the 80s, due to the indifference of domestic copyright awareness, domestic regular publishing houses plagiarized overseas literary works without any restrictions at all, which is similar to the situation of generic drugs in India, or even more direct and rude.

This phenomenon seems to have changed only after the 90s, when the domestic copyright law was officially promulgated.

At that time, the major regular publishing houses no longer engaged in piracy due to the restrictions of laws and policies, and only then did they have room for private workshops to survive.

It is precisely because of this that the quality of pirated books after the nineties is significantly inferior to that of pirated books in the eighties.

The reason is that the pirated books of the 80s were all done by regular publishing houses.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly realized why there were very few inferior pirated books in this period.

It turned out that it was not that the common people at this time were more copyright-conscious and only bought genuine books, but because the price of genuine books was cheap and of good quality, which led to private booksellers not being able to compete with regular publishing houses.

Regular publishing houses have better printing equipment, better typesetting, better illustrations, better quality books, and cheapest prices.

In addition, regular publishing houses also have formal distribution channels and greater bargaining power, so at the same price, regular publishing houses are more profitable.

On the other hand, those publishers who do not have a formal license have no distribution channels, or even if they find a distribution channel, their bargaining power is very low, so in order to make money, they can only start with the quality of the books.

The quality of the books is poor, the price is not cheap, and the common people will naturally vote for the genuine edition with their feet.

They are also pirated copies, how can private pirates beat regular publishing houses?

Wait, the crux of the matter doesn't seem to be here.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

That's right, the crux of the matter is not the question of whether piracy is right or not, but the issue of copyright.

At this time, there was no copyright law in China, and there was no awareness that piracy was wrong.

The key is that these players are still regular publishers!

If these publishing houses want to engage in piracy, they will never care what the original author's mood is, nor will they only pirate overseas works, but also domestic works can be plagiarized and pirated.

For example, Ba Jin's Riptide Trilogy, after he crossed over, he had read at least eight versions of eight publishing houses, and these publishing houses couldn't all have signed contracts with Ba Jin and granted permissions, right?

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly looked at Yu Deli: "Old Yu, do you remember my poetry collection?" ”

"A collection of poems?" Yu Deli was stunned, "The farthest distance in the world?" ”

"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"Of course I do." Yu Deli said, "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask you, my poetry collection is signed with the Writer's Publishing House, and theoretically it can only be distributed by the Writer's Publishing House."

If another publishing house, such as ours, directly pirates the content of that poetry collection for distribution without negotiating with me, the original author, and the writer's publishing house? ”

Yu Deli smiled: "If it is to pirate your poetry collection and then use it for publication yourself, of course it is theoretically feasible, but generally speaking, it will not be for the time being." ”

"Why?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

"Because of the sophistication of human feelings." Yu Deli smiled, "The Writer's Publishing House is a big publishing house, it is a top-notch publishing house in China, and it is also a publishing house in Beijing, so it is naturally superior."

Therefore, according to the rules, other publishing houses cannot immediately follow suit and publish works published by such large publishing houses.

Even if they think your book of poetry is good and want to republish it......"

"Piracy!" Cao Zhiqiang immediately added.

"Yes, piracy." Yu Deli nodded, "Even if other publishing houses want to pirate your poetry collection, they will have to talk about it in a month."

This is a form of respect for the big publishing houses.

It is precisely because of this that after the release of your book by the writer's publishing house became popular, it accelerated the number of reprints and reprints, just to gain more time and use the quantity to compete with pirated books.

Because once a month passes, other publishers can pirate your poetry book at will, and the writer's publishing house can no longer monopolize the profit of the book, and it will no longer be able to continue to eat alone.

If you don't believe me, you can go to Xinhua Bookstore in two days, and you will definitely see new editions of poetry collections from other publishers. ”

"If other publishers pirate my poetry collection and sell it, can I ask for the copyright fee?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

"It certainly can't." Yu Deli smiled and shook his head.

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and then asked, "What if there are publishing houses that don't talk about the rules?"

For example, the writer's publishing house, less than a month after they published that poetry collection, other publishing houses pirated my poetry collection? ”

"That's not a rule." Yu Deli said, "If you don't talk about the rules, you can't do anything to others in theory, but this is not to give face to the writer's publishing house."

The Writers' Publishing House is a large shrine with a wide range of people, especially a good relationship with the head office of Xinhua Bookstore.

Therefore, if there are other publishing houses that do not follow the rules and do not give face to the writers' publishing house, they can find trouble with the publishing house that does not follow the rules in other ways.

For example, let the Xinhua Bookstore communicate with the news, and let them charge the other party's distribution fee more, even if they want one or two more discounts, it is enough for the other party to eat and walk around.

In addition, you can also say hello to the other party's higher management department, such as the publishing bureau, and ask them to go to the trouble of that publishing house, and there will be more tricks.

Therefore, generally speaking, no one dares to go against a big publishing house like the Writer's Publishing House. ”

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Then suppose that I use the name of Hongguang Publishing House to publish my own collection of poems...... I mean, what happens when I publish my book of poems that is still under protection for one month? ”

"I'm afraid it's going to be a hassle." Yu Deli frowned.

"Because if you do this, you are also breaking the rules of the trade, and you generally will not agree to it.

However, if you have a special situation and want to reprint it within another month's protection period, you can go directly to the president of the writers' publishing house to have a meal and talk about it at the dinner table.

As long as you can negotiate with the president of the writer's publishing house and ask him not to pursue this matter, it should be fine. ”

"Understood." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"That is to say, if I use the work I wrote by myself to publish and distribute it myself, even if the original creator is me and the copyright is in my hands, others can just take it for pirated distribution without talking to me about copyright, and I can't do anything with those pirated publishing houses, right?"

Yu Deli nodded: "For now, that's the case.

However, according to the industry rules, if our publishing house is the first to publish, we can have an exclusive distribution protection period of one month.

Just make more money in this month, and it's useless after the protection period. ”

"That's a joke!" Cao Zhiqiang was furious.

"The book I worked so hard to write, after a month, others can casually take it to pirated distribution to make money, I can't sue them, is there still a heavenly reason, is there still a royal law?"

Yu Deli was stunned, and then whispered: "This, don't you still have a one-month protection period, and the money you make during this period is enough?" ”

"How can this be?" Cao Zhiqi continued to say angrily, "This is clearly plunder!" Shameful plunder! ”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang said angrily: "Is there any way to avoid it?" Lao Yu? “

Yu Deli thought for a while: "Then I'm afraid the only way to make good use of that month's time, increase circulation, and strive to fill the book market within a one-month protection period, and the price should be low, so low that others will not be profitable, so that there will be no piracy." ”

"Won't I have to lose a lot in this way?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned.

Yu Deli nodded: "It's a loss, but there's no way, it's the only way." ”

"Forget it." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "Since that's the case, then what I said before is invalid!" ”

"Void?" Yu Deli frowned, "What do you mean by ......?"

"I mean, my book isn't out here! Including my book "Broken Void", it is not out! ”

"Hemp egg, it's too tricky!"

Indeed, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly thought that if this was the case, then the role of a publishing house that he had worked so hard to create would be greatly reduced.

Because there is no copyright law in China, anyone can pirate openly, so what he worked so hard to create can only eat alone for a month in the end.

In the future, others can take it and pirate the book as they please.

Then, he is a dignified genuine publisher, and a month after the book is released, he has to compete with the pirate dealer who pirates his own book.

What's the difference between this and making a wedding dress for someone else?

After all, when they play pirated books, they don't need to conceive the content at all, just copy the past, don't be too easy.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhi stood up directly angrily: "Okay, today's will be here first!" ”

But then, Cao Zhiqiang, who was huffing and huffing, directly called the name: "By the way, Lao Yu, and you, Yang Shouwen, you two come with me, the rest of the people, what should they do, break the meeting!" ”

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