Riding the wind of rebirth

The two quarreling parties sat together harmoniously again and issued a joint statement. Nothing is more bizarre than this. It also allowed all the spectators who had been paying attention to the ins and outs of this incident to eat the last big melon.

In fact, this matter is very easy to explain. There are no eternal friends or eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests.

Another point is to remove the vested interests who are too greedy and let the new powerful people get their corresponding benefits by redistributing the cake.

The world will naturally become quiet and harmonious again.

Of course, the above "conspiratorial thinking" cannot be put on the table. According to official reports, both parties have come to a deeper understanding that North American music practitioners need a set of systems, norms, and organizations to protect them because of this incident. The emergence of a black sheep in the Practitioners Association was not the original intention of the Practitioners Association.

Although the general charter of the practitioners' association is somewhat incompatible with the advent of the Internet age, the concepts it covers and expresses, namely, based on the industry itself, striving to maintain a healthy and good working environment, striving to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties in the industry, supervising and preventing things that damage the good environment, and warning and punishing behaviors that damage the legitimate rights and interests of all parties, are not wrong.

Now that the old has been replaced by the new and a new leadership has emerged, based on previous lessons, the Practitioners Association is determined to learn from its mistakes and reflect deeply.

Any power must be accompanied by supervisory power. The previous problems arose because of the excessive concentration of power in some people and the lack of supervision.

Now that the cause has been found, we must redouble our efforts to correct past mistakes and restore our due prestige. Therefore, the Practitioners Association is determined to introduce a new election system, organizational structure, and operating method. In particular, we must face up to the existence and development of the online audio-visual environment, adjust our strategy in a timely manner, introduce effective forces that understand this emerging industry environment, and jointly participate in its management. We must not only restore the functions that the Practitioners Association should have, but also extend its tentacles into the emerging industry environment and actively embrace the Internet world.

The Digital Alliance also stated that there is a great deal of consensus between the alliance's management and the practitioners' association. Both parties believe that a healthy and good working environment and an organization that can safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties in the industry are necessary. The alliance has also been working hard to achieve harmonious coexistence among forum content providers, consumers, investors, managers and other members of the online music society, striving to allow the majority of music fans to enjoy paid and free content that is worth paying for, and to allow forum providers and investors to obtain their own reasonable income and returns.

During the period when the alliance was separated from the association and operated independently, the lack of some social management functions led to this incident and aroused widespread social concern. The alliance also recognized its own shortcomings and needed to introduce senior management forces to help the healthy development of the Internet music community.

Based on the above understanding, the Alliance Music Forum decided to work with the newly reorganized Practitioners Association and other colleagues in the industry to jointly promote industry activity norms, industry ethical standards, and industry development guidelines, and jointly promote the construction and development of digital music creation systems, distribution systems, consumption systems, and evaluation systems. Provide better development opportunities for all parties with different identities in the industry and jointly maintain the health, positivity, and harmony of the industry community.

The New York State Legislature intervened, with its spokesperson claiming that the dispute, which was initiated by an association of practitioners, should have been confined to the mediation court, but eventually evolved into a case that stirred up widespread public opinion and resulted in the original initiator of the dispute facing serious criminal prosecution, and a settlement was reached between the new representative of the initiator and the respondent. The most important thing is not to dig out the criminals, clean up the management, and temporarily resolve the dispute, but that everyone should see the deeper legal significance behind this dispute.

From the initiation to the settlement of this dispute, colleagues in the legal field have faced many new problems.

This problem was caused by the advent of the Internet era. Therefore, the trial began when the laws and regulations were not yet complete, which was a new challenge for the plaintiff, the defendant, and the legal professionals of the trial and judgment. Therefore, this process also has a milestone significance, that is, how to determine the generation and ownership of intellectual property rights in the Internet environment, the legal basis and effective identification of intellectual property authorization and circulation, the fairness of the distribution of benefits brought by intellectual property rights, and the applicable legal basis and practices in related disputes, etc., all of which were debated, sorted out, and finally identified in detail.

Therefore, this case is not just a simple mediation process of a judicial dispute, but an attempt and guidance on the applicability of the law on the Internet. We reached many important consensuses, important interpretations, and important effective citations, and completed a legal framework related to Internet intellectual property rights.

This framework is still very rough at present, but it already has the ability to serve as an effective reference for adjudicating similar cases in the future. It has established a framework based on the old legal system, conforms to the traditional spirit of the rule of law, and can guide emerging social issues and legal opinions. This is epoch-making and progressive.

The scope of application of this framework can actually be further expanded. For example, literary works, film and television works, creative designs, and even a buzzword or a selfie that are circulated on the Internet can be covered by its protection.

In addition to the entertainment industry, this framework also has certain guiding significance for some emerging Internet markets such as Internet finance, online insurance, and online commerce.

The New York State Court, on behalf of the U.S. legal community, expressed its gratitude to the legal representatives and attorneys representing both the plaintiff and the defendant in this dispute.

The legal community certainly hopes that all social forces will actively discuss with the legal community the legal disputes arising from such emerging social behaviors, like the Digital Alliance and the reorganized Practitioners Association, establish principles and norms for resolving such issues, and jointly promote social civilization, the rule of law and progress.

"That's a very nice thing to say." Zhou Zhi, Tony Huang, Ikeda Qiu, and Zhang Silu were eating breakfast in the business restaurant at Rockefeller Center. They were watching the news on TV and shook their heads and said, "It seems that everyone has really gotten their share of benefits, including the court."

Ikeda picked up the coffee cup and said to Tony Huang, "Without Mr. Huang's ability, it would have been difficult to force the other party to this point in this dispute. You are the first hero, and we should respect you."

Zhang Silu also nodded in agreement.

Tony Huang raised his cup and clinked it with the two women before saying, "Actually, I am a layman when it comes to forum affairs. If it weren't for Elbow teaching me the intricacies of the matter, I'm afraid my business capabilities wouldn't have expanded to this area."

"Don't be so modest." Zhou Zhi also picked up his coffee cup and clinked it with Tony Huang's. "You were already a very good intellectual property attorney in the information industry. Although the music forum is a new thing, it is still within this scope, so you can get started quickly." (End of this chapter)