On October 10, the People’s Procuratorate of Minhang District in Shanghai filed a lawsuit against Wen, Zheng, Lin and Huang on suspicion of copyright infringement. After investigation, from June 2015 to the beginning of 2019, the defendant Wen operating www.dilidili.com website in the name of the company.

During the period, the defendant Wen hired the defendant Zheng and the defendant Lin as the director of the company’s Network Department successively, responsible for the broadcasting, downloading and other technical management of the website’s film and television works; hire defendant Huang as the director of the Commerce Department, responsible for the website’s advertisement for investment.

The defendant Wen spread a total of 6000 episodes through the web site to the public, which has the licensing permits owned by Shanghai TongYuan Media, iQIYI, Tencent, Shanghai Character License Administrative Co. Ltd. The operation of DiliDili did not receive permission from the copyright owner,   and the action of making a profit on web advertising violates the copyright law.

After examination, the Minhang District People’s Procuratorate found that the defendants, Wen, Zheng, Lin and Huang, formed a gang to copy and distribute others’ film and television works through the information network for profit without the permission of the copyright owner. The circumstances were particularly severe, and they were suspected of the crime of copyright infringement. According to the provisions of the criminal law, initiate the public prosecution to the Minhang District Court.

Data from Tianyancha APP shows that Fuzhou DiLi Technology Co., Ltd owns DiliDili. The company is currently represented by Chen Jiajuan, who was previously listed by the court as a restricted high consumer. Historical industrial and commercial information shows that from September 2016 to January 2020, the legal representatives of Fuzhou DiLi Technology Co., Ltd. are Wen Bote, Zheng Dongjie, Yu Tingting and Zheng Yuanzhi, respectively.