Explanation of concepts: genuine, original, imported, pirated and simulated versions

Genuine: the copyright of musical works is obtained through formal channels, and is distributed and sold by legal audio and video publishing institutions 's record.

Original version: Also known as the "imported version", it is essentially pressed and printed by foreign, Hong Kong and Taiwan record companies, and then transported to the mainland market through regular import channels, and then by legal The agency conducts the sales.

Introduced version: After signing a legal import contract with the foreign or Hong Kong and Taiwan record company where the music producer is located, the mainland audio and video publishing organization obtains the master disc of the music work, and then independently presses, prints and distributes it. ,Sale.

Piracy: The so-called "piracy" refers to the act of "copying" other people's copyrighted musical works without permission.

Emulated version: It is the best among "pirated" versions. In terms of appearance, they are exactly the same as the genuine ones. Generally, even the issuing company cannot tell which one is genuine.

How to distinguish between genuine and pirated films

1 Pirated films have a larger number of songs, generally 16-20 songs in 1 CD and more than 30 songs in 2 CDs. The genuine version is usually 1CD with about 10 songs.

2 The songs on the genuine CD are only the latest songs, while the songs on the pirated CD include not only new songs, but also old songs and even songs by other singers.

3 In terms of price, pirated films are generally around 10 yuan, while imported CDs are generally more than 15 yuan.

4 There are fewer genuine VCDs. When genuine CDs are released, they usually only record 2-3 MTV songs. A few singers gradually record MTV for other songs in the album after the new album is released. Therefore, when the new album is released, the VCD of all the songs from the album will definitely be pirated.

5 A compilation album consisting of 1-2 new songs from each singer must be pirated. A record label would not release a compilation album like this.

6 The genuine film is beautifully produced, with clear graphics and text, and a good feel. The printing of pirated films is blurry, the casing is soft, and the weight is light.

7 In terms of quality, pirated CDs have poor sound quality, and pirated VCDs have garbled MTV images of some songs, the lip-syncs do not match the lyrics, and the sound effects are poor. Pirated films are easily damaged.