Tudou to sue Youku over online series
By Ding Yining |
December 17, 2011, Saturday
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ONLINE video website Tudou plans to sue arch-rival Youku.com in Beijing and will demand 150 million yuan (US$23.6 million) in compensation for infringement of patented contents.
Tudou has said Youku is illegally airing the entertainment program series "Kangxi is Coming," whose exclusive online broadcasting rights on the Chinese mainland were granted to Tudou by Taiwan's TV station CTI Television.
"Kangxi is Coming" updates one episode every day and Tudou's one-year exclusive broadcasting right started from December 1.
Earlier this week, Youku also filed a lawsuit against Tudou in Shanghai, alleging Tudou is broadcasting more than 50 other TV series whose patents are owned by Youku.
Tudou, however, refuted these claims and said it already owned the broadcasting rights of these contents, or had deleted links to some of the episodes for which it didn't have patents.
Sources close to Tudou revealed that patent fees for "Kangxi is Coming" is about 10 million yuan.
Yu Bin, vice president of Tudou, said: "The amount of compensation is based on the number of times these pirated contents were played on Youku and an estimated advertising income derived from these contents."
Youku attached banner advertisement and short commercial clips ahead of each episode of "Kangxi".
Youku was still broadcasting "Kangxi" as of yesterday afternoon.
Tudou has said Youku is illegally airing the entertainment program series "Kangxi is Coming," whose exclusive online broadcasting rights on the Chinese mainland were granted to Tudou by Taiwan's TV station CTI Television.
"Kangxi is Coming" updates one episode every day and Tudou's one-year exclusive broadcasting right started from December 1.
Earlier this week, Youku also filed a lawsuit against Tudou in Shanghai, alleging Tudou is broadcasting more than 50 other TV series whose patents are owned by Youku.
Tudou, however, refuted these claims and said it already owned the broadcasting rights of these contents, or had deleted links to some of the episodes for which it didn't have patents.
Sources close to Tudou revealed that patent fees for "Kangxi is Coming" is about 10 million yuan.
Yu Bin, vice president of Tudou, said: "The amount of compensation is based on the number of times these pirated contents were played on Youku and an estimated advertising income derived from these contents."
Youku attached banner advertisement and short commercial clips ahead of each episode of "Kangxi".
Youku was still broadcasting "Kangxi" as of yesterday afternoon.
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