{"id":12997,"date":"2012-04-29T03:04:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T03:04:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-29T03:04:48","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T03:04:48","slug":"Hong-Kong-film-industry-furious-at-YouTube-piracy-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12997","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong film industry furious at YouTube ‘piracy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hong Kong filmmakers urged YouTube to do more to protect copyright, claiming losses of $308 million due to pirated movie clips posted on the American video-sharing site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hong Kong Motion Pictures Industry Association (MPIA) accused the Google-owned company of “severe” copyright infringements after it found over 500 illegally uploaded clips from 200 Hong Kong films including new releases.<\/p>\n

The videos had been viewed about 40 million times, the association said.<\/p>\n

“This is a big blow to the Hong Kong film industry,” MPIA chief executive Brian Chung told AFP.<\/p>\n

Movie producers in the southern Chinese city — home of the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee and beloved of US directors such as Quentin Tarantino — said the problem affected classics as well as new releases.<\/p>\n

Romantic comedy “Love in the Buff”, directed by Pang Ho-Cheung and starring Miriam Yeung, was uploaded in its entirety on YouTube within days of its release last month.<\/p>\n

It was removed after distributor Media Asia filed a complaint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clips of award-winning “A Simple Life”, which is still showing in Hong Kong cinemas, were also on YouTube, along with comedy-action film “Shaolin Soccer” and martial arts flick “Ip Man”.<\/p>\n

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\nHong Kong filmmakers on Wednesday urged YouTube to do more to protect copyright, claiming losses of $308 million due to pirated movie clips posted on the American video-sharing site.<\/p>\n

The Hong Kong Motion Pictures Industry Association (MPIA) accused the Google-owned company of “severe” copyright infringements after it found over 500 illegally uploaded clips from 200 Hong Kong films including new releases.<\/p>\n

The videos had been viewed about 40 million times, the association said.<\/p>\n

“This is a big blow to the Hong Kong film industry,” MPIA chief executive Brian Chung told AFP.<\/p>\n

“If copyright infringement is allowed to continue, it will deter film investors from investing in local films and it will badly affect the quality and quantity of Hong Kong films.”<\/p>\n

Movie producers in the southern Chinese city — home of the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee and beloved of US directors such as Quentin Tarantino — said the problem affected classics as well as new releases.<\/p>\n

Romantic comedy “Love in the Buff”, directed by Pang Ho-Cheung and starring Miriam Yeung, was uploaded in its entirety on YouTube within days of its release last month.<\/p>\n

It was removed after distributor Media Asia filed a complaint.<\/p>\n

Clips of award-winning “A Simple Life”, which is still showing in Hong Kong cinemas, were also on YouTube, along with comedy-action film “Shaolin Soccer” and martial arts flick “Ip Man”.<\/p>\n

“As the world’s biggest video-sharing site, YouTube should ensure it will do all it can to protect copyrights, such as installing filters to prevent users from uploading copyrighted videos without permission” Chung said.<\/p>\n

A German court last week ruled that YouTube is responsible when users post copyrighted music clips without permission.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong became an international movie powerhouse in the 1970s and remains a rich source of film talent, producing stars and films that enjoy huge popularity across Asia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But in recent years it has struggled to compete with blockbusters produced in mainland China.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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