Page 329 - A Study on the Role of UGC Platforms in Copyright Law：An Intermediary-oriented Approach

Appendix 14 Interview Record (Participant M)

Appendix 14 Interview Record

(Participant M)

Date: 13:30 p.m.-13:45 p.m. December 1, 2018
Means: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Answerer: Participant M, a student in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Questioner: Huang Weijie

Huang: Nice to meet you, Noah. My name is Weijie Huang. I am doing my Ph.D. study on
intellectual property right in the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong. My Ph.D.
thesis is about UGC (User-Generated Content) and copyright. UGC refers to content
that created by amateurs rather than professional creators, such as fanfictions, parodies,
remixes, samplings, etc. UGC is fundamentally different from traditional copyrighted
works in many aspects, such as the non-economic incentives and collaborative
authorship. This brings significant challenges to copyright law. Since you are a student
majoring in arts, Briefly, I would like to discuss the inherent conflict between the
convenience of copying and exclusiveness of copyright. Since you are from Nanyang
Academy of Fine Arts, I guess you create UGCs quite often. Could I know something
about how you create UGCs and your attitudes toward copyright law through this
interview.
Participant M: Sure. No problem.

Huang: What is your major? What kind of work you create in your daily life? Works of fine
art, musical works, literary works, video works or any others?
Participant M: I major in dyeing art design. I normally make indoor soft equipment
collocation, product decoration and pattern design and sketch.
Huang: That must be very interesting. Could you briefly describe how you create, such as
how do you find the source material, what kinds of software you use and how long it
takes to create a work on average?
Participant M: Sure. First you need a focal idea and then you can think of multiple factors
associated with this focal point. And then you need to screen all the source material and
begin to create from different levels. Usually I will use the software of Photoshop, AI
and CAD. The time depends on case-by-case circumstance.

Huang: Do you remember in which year did you begin your journey of creation? Have you

• 315 •