A Study on the Determination of Originality of Chinese Short Video Templates

Under the rapid development of Internet, China's short video industry has entered a period development. As an emerging technology product born in recent years, Short Video characteristics low creation threshold, convenient viewing method, and fast dissemination, which users love. Many bloggers have gained massive traffic through thus huge economic income. With explosion industry, large companies launched editing software to support platform, such as Byte Jumping's cut screen APP Racer Technology's shadow APP. Moreover, B station must (China Association Network Audiovisual Program Services, 2021). Compared with traditional software, this application's difficulty is easy operate. In contrast, application provides variety internal templates, only need follow prompts upload pictures or videos can be. The appearance templates helps save many learning time costs dramatically increases user activity dependence. However, popularity academics, practitioners not reached unanimous conclusion on whether "short templates" be protected by copyright. This article takes first case copyright dispute over China example discusses relevant issues.