CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 ipspecial 17 Golden Bear award winning fi lm sold copyright worldwide

By HAO NAN [email protected]

As the first Chinese actor to win the Silver Bear for Best Actor at this year’s Ber- I hope the fi lm is the lin International Film Festival, most commercial one Liao Fan can take credit for the among art-house fi lms success of Black Coal, in Ice ‘‘ a7 er news of his surprise win and the most art- swamped social media. house fi lm among the The blockbuster, in which commercial type of Liao plays the lead, attracted audiences previously unheard movies.” of for a ) lm noir. It led Chinese DIAO YINAN ) lms showcased at foreign ) lm FILM DIRECTOR festivals by raking in more than 100 million yuan ($16.1 mil- lion) at the box o? ce since it of Iranian art film, which he o p e n e d o n M a r c h 2 1 . prefers, and refused to take The number was beyond commercial advice when look- expectations of many industry ing for investment. insiders. “I then realized that it makes During the Berlin festival in no point if the movie can not February, the film’s manage- be shot, no matter how good it ment team signed a contract could be”, he said. SISTER FESTIVAL with a Dutch company for the Diao admitted some of the sale of the ) lm’s copyright in emotional scenes between the PHOTO BY NING JIAN / FOR DAILY overseas markets. leading actor and actress were 2 e Dutch company o3 ered added for commercial reasons. Miao women dressed in traditional costume troop along the street to celebrate the Sister Festival of the ethnic group an insurance mechanism, “I hope the ) lm is the most in Southwest China’s Guizhou province. With a history of more than 3,000 years, the traditional festival of Miao which is rare for Chinese mov- commercial one among art- people is also known as “the oldest oriental Valentine’s Day”. It was among the ) rst group of national intangible cul- ies, the film producer Wan house ) lms and the most art- Juan told 21st Century Busi- house ) lm among the commer- tural heritage in 2006. ness Herald. cial type of movies,” he said. 2 e m e c h a n i s m m e a n t t h e Telling a story of love and management team could still redemption caused by murder, be paid even if the copyright the ) lm is a salute to ) lm noir was not sold. in the 1940s. However it was not needed as Some audiences said they several ) lm companies and cin- “had not quite understand the emas overseas showed interest plot” in feedback, but Diao said Copyright database to in the ) lm due to its outstanding that was “normal and within domestic performance. his expectations”. To date copyright for Black He said if every audience Coal, in Ice has been sold to member had understood the more than 20 countries includ- whole ) lm he would be wor- ing the United States, France ried, as he dislikes straightfor- improve transparency and Germany. In France, it is ward expression in movies. due to be released in June this year, according to Jiefang Daily. This page is jointly By CHENG HONG be helpful to promote and reg- copyright by shares on the preparing for new financial Diao Yinan, the ) lm’s direc- published by the State and LIN BAIYU ulate China’s copyright trading market,” Fu said. products. tor, told the newspaper that Intellectual Property in Shenzhen, Guangdong market to be standardized, fair 2 e more people who own “Our database for copy- Chinese ) lm directors should O ce and . and open,” he said. shares of a copyright and care right transaction records “shoot movies that can earn To comment or Investors who struggle to The copyright exchange for its price fluctuation, the will play an important role money from both Chinese and contribute, please e-mail asses the value of cultural rel- opened on March 30 after a safer the copyright will be, when the copyright market foreign audiences” and “the [email protected] ics or contemporary art works six-month trial. because “there are so many is open to more investment film copyright can be sold at or contact editors at may soon be able to use an It focuses on five major eyes watching”, he said. tools because it provides a least at a few tens of millions +86-10-6499 5774. online tool to help. fields — copyright trading, However, the system also benchmark for the industry,” of yuan”. Fu Xiaoliang, board chair- or video and audio products; needs regulators to protect Fu said. Diao said he hopes there will man of Shenzhen Interna- publication, including digital the shares transactions and The exchange also trains be a time when Chinese people tional Copyright Exchange, is publication; so7 ware, includ- e3 ectively regulate the market, professional brokers, who help will regain their con) dence in creating a database to provide ing games and comic and otherwise speculation could build connections between the cultural industry. Special thanks to easy access to detailed copy- animation; intangible cultural occur, he said. copyright experts, authors As his ) rst large commercial right transaction information relic; and works of art. Fu’s exchange won a credit and investors and also provide work, the ) lm also won Golden China IP magazine for and records. “We aim at providing inter- line of 1 billion yuan ($160.6 professional advice. Bear for best ) lm in Berlin. the joint launch of “We will collect the transac- national copyright protection We hope our e orts million) from the Bank of “We also require our bro- He said at ) rst he wrote the ipr.chinadaily.com.cn tion records of more than 100 and services including world- China. kers learn su? cient ) n a n c i a l script in line with the principles famous cultural works at the wide copyright protection, could be helpful to “We have been in talks with knowledge and develop their beginning stage, and expand copyright trading and copy- promote and regulate several cultural companies capabilities in strategy plan- to cover more step by step,” Fu right ) nancing” Fu said. ‘‘ who need funds to support ning and market promotion,” China’s copyright told China Daily. So far, the exchange pro- trading market to be their development. We hope Fu said. The records will work as vides national copyright reg- we can help them get the loans The exchange partnered identi) cation for every single istration, ownership identi) - standardized, fair and from the bank,” he said. with the World Copyright copyright work, which could cation, mortgages and other open.” The copyright works and Union, an organization reg- provide useful reference for ) nancing services. cultural products could even- istered in the United States, FU XIAOLIANG investors before purchasing, Fu, who has a strong ) nan- BOARD CHAIRMAN OF SHENZHEN tually have more investment to introduce more overseas he said. cial background a7 er working INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT channels, such as securities, copyrights and help Chinese 2 e system will also improve for securities houses for years, EXCHANGE trust fund and assets manage- copyright owners meet for- transparency for copyright said he is looking at the feasi- ment, when the ) nancial envi- eign investors. trading and allow transaction bility of ) nancial tools to help ronment in China improves, records to be tracked for copy- cultural companies, investors much easier when it is shared. said Fu. Contact the writers at right as well as other cultural and authors. “The industrial regulators His exchange, while doing [email protected]. JIANG DONG / FOR CHINA DAILY and creative products. He said he believes copy- should allow the copyright conventional business to sup- cn and linbaiyu@chinadaily. Film Director Diao Yinan stands in front of the movie Black “We hope our e3 orts could right protection could be owners to sell and trade their port normal operations, is com.cn Coal, Thin Ice poster at its premiere in Beijing in March. ipscene - BEIJING - JIANGSU - HEBEI - GUANGDONG Appeal over alleged image misuse Competition to improve design New facility boosts desalination Patent applications soar Sinopharm lodged a copyright appeal against the Bei- 2 e Zhenjiang industry and commerce 2 e largest seawater desalination facility in China 2 e province’s LED industry applied for more than jing subsidiary of US Getty Images with Beijing No 1 administration held the city’s ) rst trademark recently started operation in Shenhua Group’s Cang- 50,000 patents by the end of last year, taking up 26.6 Intermediate People’s Court, a7 er a ruling was made in design contest. 2 e competition aimed to improve zhou power plant. 2 e facility uses proprietary designs percent of all applications nationwide. More than 90 favor of the picture provider. Getty Images claimed that trademark design and quality and raise people’s IP and installation techniques and has a daily production percent of the applications were ) led by companies Sinopharm used three pictures for commercial use on awareness. Of the 60 applications submitted by 14 capacity of 25,000 tons of fresh water. 2 e new addition in the Pearl River Delta region, with Shenzhen city its microblog without authorization. 2 e pharmaceuti- trademark agencies, judges including art and design means the power plant now has a total desalination topping the list with nearly 20,000 applications. Com- cal group said that forwarding content containing the experts selected the top 10. capacity of 57,500 tons a day. panies, universities, industry associations and testing pictures in issues edited by news portals should not be organizations in the province have joined to boost the de) ned as infringement. 2 e appeal was heard in early JINGJIANG EVENING NEWS XINHUANET.COM industry. April, pending further investigation for decision. - HUNAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAILY CHINACOURT.ORG - SHANDONG Development for approved zone - HAINAN Cash from creatives and copyrights 2 e Changsha Economic and Technical Development Zone is the ) rst in the province to be recognized as a Trademark infringement crackdown Copyright licensing and creative industries in the national IP demonstration zone by the State Intellectual 2 e industry and commerce authorities in the province province created added value of nearly 200 billion yuan Property O? ce. 2 e zone is home to ) ve national-level investigated 686 trademark infringements in 2013, ($32.2 billion) in 2012, taking 5.4 percent of the prov- R&D centers along with more than 190 companies that increasing nearly 10 percent over the previous year, ince’s GDP that year, according to a summit of creative have at least one patent each. Local companies won ) ve according to data released at a meeting last week. 2 e industries held last week in . 2 e share in Qin- Awards for Outstanding Chinese Patented Invention, total ) nes surpassed 6 million yuan last year, doubling gdao and provincial capital is more than 7 per- the top patent award nationwide. 2 e administration the amount of 2012. 2 e province now owns more than cent. In 2006 the industries generated 60 billion yuan of the zone plans to invest 200 million yuan in the next FU XINCHUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY 28,000 trademarks, a 97 percent rise over the number and took 2.7 percent in provincial GDP. three years to recruit more experts. A worker collects data from the running desalination of 2009. QILU EVENING NEWS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DAILY facility at Shenhua Group’s Cangzhou power plant. HINEWS.CN