Chapter 116: Trying to Scare the Monkey (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Event Name: Video stolen and reposted, theory countered with mockery.

Event Requirements: The video was stolen and the other party is mocking in return; educate the video thief by singing "Iron Window Tears".

Event Progress: 0%

After making the choice, the event has refreshed, but Zhou Yi is still a bit confused about how this event should be completed.

He knows that the act of stealing and reposting someone else's video for profit is an illegal act; at the very least, as a university student, he certainly knows about Intellectual Property Rights, or rather, Copyright.

But if asked to elaborate, such as under what circumstances Intellectual Property Rights infringement is punished, what the standards are, and what kind of evidence needs to be preserved,

Zhou Yi does not know these things.

In fact, this is the difference between a professional Legal Person and an ordinary person.

Ordinary people certainly know a little bit of law; in daily life, one can see some legal popularization in novels or on Baidu, but it is limited to the surface.

It is already late today, so Zhou Yi did not look for Fang Dazhuang, and his own video has already passed review.

What Zhou Yi did not expect was that this video with a changed style attracted even more discussion.

"Yuan Jie": A fine of less than five thousand yuan, suspension of practice for three months (I Baidu-ed it), is this the rhythm of sending the opposing Lawyer to prison too?

"Wind Clear Moon": The Lawless Fanatic is terrifyingly powerful!

"Purple Star Moon": I don't know why, but seeing the other party so flustered and exasperated actually makes me very happy...

Zhou Yi was stunned; everyone, the topic has gone off the rails a bit, the core of this video is not the opposing Lawyer!

However, everyone is still sensible; after the laughter, the discussion about whether parents are "competent" in their profession has also begun.

Or rather, regarding bratty children... it should be said, bratty parents, many people are already extremely disgusted!

Some people are simply not fit to be parents, but there is no way around it, they are parents.

"Eternal Night Heavenly Star": In any other profession, if you are incompetent, you will be dismissed or fired, but only in the profession of being a parent, even if you are incompetent, you will still be a parent.

"Not only that, even if they were incompetent when they were young, when they are old, you still have to be filial to them, and if you are not good to them, then it is your unfilial behavior, it is your problem!"

This person's words quickly caused more repercussions, especially on the internet now; this double-edged sword is like a heavy truck coming down a mountain—once it starts running, even the driver cannot easily stop it.

For the sake of clicks, the media will only let you see what they want you to see.

Wow, look at this person, they don't support the elderly, they are unfilial to their parents, look at how miserable their parents are!

But the media won't tell you what these elderly people did when they were young...

In the end, the children are subjected to Internet Violence, the Netizens are happy, and they have once again "acted on behalf of heaven," no problem.

However, there are also people who expressed disagreement.

There is a lot of discussion, and Zhou Yi is getting a headache, because the only conclusion everyone reached at the end is: the Up Master actually still has time to browse the comment section? Even the donkeys on a production team wouldn't dare to work like this!

Scared, Zhou Mouren quickly put down his phone to sleep.

Early the next morning, he dialed Fang Dazhuang's phone number.

At this moment, Fang Dazhuang was busy in his office at the law firm; naturally, he wouldn't only take Zhou Yi's cases, it's just that there have been too many of Zhou Yi's cases lately.

The phone rang, and Fang Dazhuang shouted: "Xinran, go see who it is, and answer it for me!"

Zhou Xinran walked to the desk and picked up the phone, immediately seeing the name on it.

"Dear soulmate from different fathers and mothers."

Zhou Xinran looked up at the sky; if at the very beginning, a top-tier Lawyer like Fang Dazhuang still had a certain sacred radiance in her eyes, then now, this radiance is slowly disappearing.

Replacing it is a feeling of someone being human.

"Teacher Fang, it's Zhou Yi."

"Ah? Then hurry up and connect it."

Zhou Xinran pressed the answer button, then pressed speakerphone, and immediately held it in front of Fang Dazhuang.

Zhou Yi's voice came through the phone.

"Fang Dazhuang?"

"Understood, Xinran, hang up."

Hmm... hmm? Zhou Xinran held the phone; although she had subconsciously hung up, the expression on her face was confused to the extreme.

That's it? Just that one sentence?

May I ask, Teacher Fang, what exactly did you understand from those three words? Why can't I understand what you two are saying at all?

At this moment, Zhou Xinran felt like she had eavesdropped on a private conversation between an old married couple but was unable to crack the encryption method.

Hearing this, Fang Dazhuang said a bit strangely: "You still don't understand? Zhou Yi asked me if I'm free today, there's something he wants to ask me; I told him I'm free, Lao Difang, pay more, and that's it!"

Is it that I don't recognize Chinese characters anymore, or is there something wrong with my brain now? Zhou Xinran felt that even if she racked her brains, she wouldn't understand why there could be so many meanings within six characters...

Staring with wide eyes for a long time, she could only continue to lament her own incompatibility.

At Yuefu Residential Quarter, Zhou Yi hung up the phone, and there was no surprise on his face.

The relationship between him and Fang Dazhuang is a bit special; at the beginning, they needed to say a lot, ask clearly, and then clarify the money, only then could they go to Lao Difang.

Now, after a long time, there is no need for foreplay; it is straightforward, and both are familiar with each other's voices and postures, so those three words can get it done.

Without saying much, under normal circumstances, his and Fang Dazhuang's usual time is four o'clock in the afternoon.

Because Fang Dazhuang is usually very busy in the morning.

After waking up from a nap, he didn't seem as angry about being scolded and blocked yesterday.

Many actual situations are like this; when you are scolded and blocked, you want to hit someone, but slowly, you aren't angry anymore, because it's not worth it.

But let alone having a mission, even if there were no mission, Zhou Yi wouldn't just let it go.

Since he was idle with nothing to do, Zhou Yi went downstairs for a stroll.

Setting aside the Property Management, the environment of Yuefu Residential Quarter is indeed quite good.

It's just that the Property Management previously had major problems with the maintenance services for the Small Residential District.

No matter how good the landscape of the Small Residential District is, the Property Management's maintenance must keep up; not to mention anything else, just take the greenery—if you don't water, remove pests, and prune it regularly, that greenery won't look good at all.

And when taking a walk in the Small Residential District, one would even encounter dog feces from time to time.

Under such circumstances, even if the environment is excellent, one wouldn't be in any mood to enjoy it.

However, judging from the current situation, the newly appointed Manager He Xiaoxuan is doing a good job; Zhou Yi has already seen the Notice regarding civilized dog ownership posted by the Property Management in more than one place.

Walking a dog with a leash and picking up the dog's poop are things that must be done.

Of course, in this regard, the Property Management doesn't have any particularly good methods; they lack law enforcement power, so even if someone walks a dog without a leash, can they really seize the person's dog?

Previously, as a veteran Keyboard Warrior, Zhou Yi knew exactly what "extreme dog lovers" on the internet looked like when they went crazy.

Of course, the actual feeling wasn't very deep, after all, it wasn't something happening around him.

People are always like this; some even think that the world around them is exactly how the whole world is.

My Property Management is a good Property Management, the Property Management around me is a good Property Management, and the Property Management of the friends I've grown up with are all good Property Managements, so one can conclude—all Property Managements are good Property Managements!

But after just a walk, Zhou Yi discovered that the Notice posted by Manager He seemed as if it hadn't been posted at all; those who voluntarily use a leash don't need a notice to do so, and those who don't want to use one won't do it no matter how many times you tell them.

This will depend on Manager He's ability.

After the walk, lunch was the usual pork trotter rice, and after a nap, it was time to set off.

It was still the Old Place Cafe; Zhou Yi ordered a drink and began to wait.

"You're here, Zhou Yi!"

Fang Dazhuang came in and sat down, very familiarly taking out that small bottle of vinegar, pouring it into his coffee, and stirring it intently; in his own words, the number of stirs must be sufficient, otherwise it won't taste good.

While stirring, Fang Dazhuang said: "Zhou Yi, what's the matter? That Qiu Xiaoshuai should be paying voluntarily; his family isn't so poor they can't afford it, they just don't want to pay."

"Now that they've used both throwing a tantrum and moral kidnapping to no avail, they have no choice but to pay."

Zhou Yi waved his hand and said: "Fang Dazhuang, that's fine, you're there. By the way, where is Lawyer Zhou?"

Fang Dazhuang took a sip of coffee and said with equal curiosity: "I don't know, seems like something else came up again. A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea; let's talk about your matter first."

"My matter is like this, Fang Dazhuang: you know I post videos on Bilibili, and now my videos are being pirated by various Self-Media Studios and individuals, and they even remove my personal watermark."

"I tried to communicate with them, but I got blocked instead. Look at this matter..."

Zhou Yi roughly explained his problem and finally said: "So Fang Dazhuang, how do you think we can curb this situation?"

"Curb it..." Fang Dazhuang said thoughtfully: "That's quite difficult. You are talking about the Copyright within Intellectual Property Rights being infringed, but in actual practice, wanting to do something about it is a bit hard."

"Because it's too simple for them to steal your videos, and once there's traffic, they can make money. Conversely, if you want Legal Aid, not to mention anything else, the time and energy required to collect evidence alone make it not worth it."

"Unless there is one way!"

"What way?"

"Kill the chicken to warn the monkey!"

Sure enough, if one really talks about it, Fang Dazhuang and the system should have a lot in common.

Facing a situation where there are many such instances of Tort, it is neither scientific nor realistic to pursue Legal Aid for all of them.

But Zhou Yi thought about his own system...

"Fang Dazhuang, what if I want to deal with all the chickens and monkeys? Regardless of whether they are big or small, slaughter the ones that can be slaughtered, and cut the meat off the ones that can't—what do you think?"

Even though Fang Dazhuang had already experienced his style of doing things in Zhou Yi's previous videos, his eyes were shining at this moment!

What is being serious? Is it killing the chicken to warn the monkey?

In fact, if he had any choice, Fang Dazhuang wouldn't want to do this.

Why is it that when everyone does something wrong, I can only kill one chicken, and the meat on the monkey's body can't be cut?

Shouldn't the correct approach be to do it all at once?

That's how it's said, but only after truly practicing it will you know that when a video goes viral on the internet, countless video pirates will emerge, across all major platforms, with a pile of accounts.

What are you going to do?

Investigate them all together? It can be done, but how much time and cost do you have to pay?

Those ordinary personal accounts, those people who upload the videos, they might not think there's a problem with this at all, just uploading them out of a playful mentality.

Many of them are probably students.

In this situation, what's the point of racking your brains to find them?

"Are you really planning to do this? Doing so is not only troublesome, but you might also become the target of public criticism..."

The reason is simple: things everyone can do, why are you so special?

What's wrong? Is your video made of gold or silver? Can't we just upload it?

That video was made for people to watch anyway.

Zhou Yi nodded and said: "Everything is afraid of being taken seriously. Now, on the internet, stating facts and reasoning is already considered by people as you having too much time on your hands; being serious has even become a derogatory term."

"Since that's the case, then I'll do it once. The ancestors said not to commit a small evil just because it is small. Since the law stipulates that there is such a thing as Intellectual Property Rights, then let's do it according to the law!"

"And those platforms that I have urged several times without any response."

Looking at Zhou Yi in front of him, Fang Dazhuang nodded, his face seemingly revealing a certain sense of lightness, and even his no-longer-lush top of the head seemed to shine a bit.

"Since that's the case, then I'll prepare. But I can't do this alone; it requires many people to fix and collect evidence. In addition, I suggest that before you do this, you should give a notice first!"

"You can send a Lawyer's Letter to those platforms that are inactive or even indulgent. As for those accounts, you can post a video yourself to explain the situation. What was that phrase you used last time?"

"Do not say that you were not warned?"

"Yes, that's the phrase. You must tell them: this isn't for them to watch, this is for the internet to watch!"

"Public opinion is a double-edged sword. If you want to use public opinion, your own foundation must be solid, step by step, otherwise the other side will seize your cracks, tear open a hole, and let you feel what public opinion is too."

Zhou Yi nodded. Fang Dazhuang was indeed meticulous, but... why did it feel like he had considered such things long ago? This step-by-step approach didn't look like something thought up on the spot today...

Of course, Zhou Mouren did not know that Fang Dazhuang had already crossed off another case type from his little notebook at this moment.

Fang Dazhuang had a dream: to go through all the cases in his little notebook.

The first was Zhou Yi's noise disturbance case, the second was Zhou Yi's Right to Know case, and the third was this one.

He liked this type of case, liked these cases that others saw as "not worth the loss" or "is it really necessary." Since we are talking about the law, then there is no such thing as necessary or unnecessary!

Illegal is illegal; no matter how high-sounding the excuses, it is still illegal!

"Then let's begin!"

Fang Dazhuang returned to the law firm to prepare the contract; this time, the contract would be very complex.

As for Zhou Yi, he returned home and began filming a video.

"I want to say a few words to everyone who has been stealing my videos!"

With the Qingming holiday approaching, I am spinning in circles, so this chapter is a bit late. Also, the update this afternoon might be unstable because I am facing overtime. If there is less today, I will definitely make up for it tomorrow. Tomorrow is the holiday, so there will be an outburst of updates. Additionally, there is another Alliance Master—please don't delete, please don't delete, big brother. Thank you for the big brother's tip. As usual, three extra chapters for an Alliance Master, so the number of owed chapters is now back to sixty-one.

(End of chapter)