On September 21, 2020, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has issued a final
judgment in a case involving a Douyu anchor who live-streamed
unauthorized covers of other people's songs, the court decided
"The company failed to fulfill the reasonable duty of review,
and broadcast and share the video content of the song "little
jumping frog" through the network, so that the public can
watch and share it at the selected time and place. It infringed the
right of information network transmission of the song "little
jumping frog" recorded by Qilin Tong company, and should bear
the legal responsibility of infringement."
In fact, this case is not surprising. In recent years, the
country has paid more and more attention to the copyright of songs,
and live broadcasting is a new form of entertainment. Many anchors
sing music works without buying copyright in the live broadcasting
room, but they are seldom paid attention to. The main purpose of
the live broadcast is to earn
