This August, Douyin deleted more than 8,000 videos relative to content produced by Tencent.Īlthough Douyin claimed that an agreement of sharing specific content had been reached by two platforms and argued it would be “impossible to tell if individual videos have breached copyright”, Tencent filed a lawsuit, asking for damages totalling 100 million RMB ( $15.7 million) and prior to this, Tencent had sued Douyin twice already this year, all over the allegation of copyright infringement. This has left payment procedures more tedious for WeChat Pay users, showing there are still divides and issues, as these two fierce rivals battle for consumers within the new web of compatibility enforced by the Chinese government.ĭouyin and Tencent have long been in the battle of content sharing too, with copyright being the central issue. While Taobao only allows Alipay – the online payment platform developed by its parent company Alibaba – as its payment method. Although the blocking game between the two parties has seemingly not come to an end yet, with Chinese media reporting Taobao’s product links cannot be shared to WeChat during the just concluded Singles’ Day shopping festival. This is a cause of optimism for users, who will have easier access and the possibility to move across media platforms, as well as for companies who can begin to leverage one another’s user bases.Īlibaba and Tencent have soon pledged to open access to each other, in compliance with the latest government rules.
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In an internal email conversation between Douyin and Tencent, the latter has said “there are a large number of re-produced short videos of some popular exclusive movies, series and TV show resources on Tencent’s creator platform that could be shared to Douyin, enriching the platform’s content.”ĭouyin praised the move by Tencent as “a response to the Chinese authority’s call on Internet firms to open up services to each other”. Douyin, the Chinese version of Tik Tok, owned by tech giant ByteDance welcomes Tencent’s request of interlinking with its platform, as announced by Douyin on 12 November.