"Shanghai Fortress" was exposed for stealing other people's videos to promote the movie and the official has apologized

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Now the official Weibo account of Shanghai Fortress has issued an apology statement, saying that it has removed the infringing Weibo, contacted the author to apologize, and offered compensation. The official apology statement of Shanghai Fortress stated that due to negligence, the work shot by author Shawn Wang was used on Weibo without authorization. The relevant infringing Weibo was removed immediately, the author was contacted to apologize sincerely, and compensation was offered. We also sincerely apologize to the general public for the large amount of media resources occupied by this incident.

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The domestic science fiction film Shanghai Fortress, which claimed to be the successor to The Wandering Earth, encountered negative reviews after its release, with a cumulative box office of only 114 million yuan in 5 days. In response, director Teng Huatao and screenwriter Jiang Nan successively issued apologies, saying that they had failed everyone's expectations.

But what is unexpected is that Shanghai Fortress has been caught up in a "plagiarism storm" again. On the evening of August 12, a certified photographer nicknamed "Shawn" posted on Weibo that the official of Shanghai Fortress had allegedly erased the watermark and plagiarized the video he shot for film promotion without his permission.

The photographer said that he shot the video material at around 18:00 on August 8 this year. The original video has 2755 frames and is 1 minute and 31 seconds long. He also explained what equipment and format he used to shoot it, which can be said to be sufficient evidence.

He also claimed that he had never released the watermark-free version of the video for anyone to use, so why did the official Shanghai Fortress get this video? By comparing, it can be found that the official Shanghai Fortress erased the watermark of the original video and used this video to promote its own movie.

The official Weibo account of "Shanghai Fortress" released this video on the afternoon of August 9, combined with text to promote the movie.

The director of "Shanghai Fortress", Teng Huatao, also reposted the video, with the caption: "New 5D version, watch "Shanghai Fortress" and get an immersive experience."

Shawn, the photographer whose video was infringed, denounced the Shanghai Fortress production team for the theft and demanded that they immediately stop using the footage, apologize publicly and compensate. Shawn also revealed the difficulty of shooting the video: "Why did they steal the video I shot so hard in a force 8 gale during the typhoon?"

Many fellow photographers left comments in the comment section of Shawn's Weibo to support him in defending his rights. Some people commented: "The photographer's hard work was directly stolen by the unscrupulous movie promoter. How hateful!" "This movie really breaks the bottom line in all aspects."

Many netizens also supported the photographer, leaving comments saying "It's so embarrassing", "Why steal other people's videos? I'm curious where they spent the 360 ​​million yuan", "It's okay if the movie is not good, but can you keep the face?"

At present, the official Weibo account of the movie "Shanghai Fortress" and the director have deleted the relevant Weibo posts, but have not responded to the theft. However, this incident is worse for "Shanghai Fortress". Whether it involves copyright infringement can only be finally confirmed through legal procedures.