On January 31, 2023, "7-year-old fan" Zhu Yuan sued Aiyiqi for "restricting screen casting", which attracted widespread attention.
On July 1, 2024, the media learned from the plaintiff Zhu Yuan that the "iQiyi Restricted Screen Projection Case" was recently hammered in the first instance. The court ruled that the plaintiff enjoyed the rights and interests of 720P and 1080P high-definition projection before July 15, 2025, and the iQiyi platform compensated the plaintiff for 41 days of gold member VIP time.
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According to a previous report by Modern Express, Zhu Yuan became a member of iQiyi in 2017, and at the time of the incident, he was already a 7-year "old fan" of iQiyi. Not only that, Zhu Yuan has been continuously recharged to become a gold VIP member of the iQiyi platform for more than 5 years.
In the process of using iQiyi before, Zhu Yuan has been using the projection function, and any definition of the projection screen can be selected at that time.
On January 11, 2023, Zhu Yuan found that iQiyi limited the projection resolution of gold VIP members to 480P, and if you need higher definition, you must upgrade to a higher level member.
On January 31, 2023, Zhu Yuan took iQiyi to court.
Source: VCG
In the interview, Zhu Yuan said that he had no intention of stopping and understood iQiyi's adjustment behavior based on changes in the business environment, but as a senior paid member, he did not accept the platform's behavior of restricting the rights and interests of prior members. "iQIYI's unilateral forced 'cutting leeks' behavior is a bit ugly."
After communicating with iQIYI's customer service to no avail, Zhu Yuan believed that iQIYI's unilateral change of the terms of the contract had constituted a breach of contract and should bear the liability for breach of contract, so Zhu Yuan sued iQIYI in court.
Zhu Yuan said, "I don't ask for civil compensation, I only ask iQiyi not to restrict the clarity of my projection in any way during the membership period, and not to reduce or limit the original membership rights." ”
Zhu Yuan's experience resonated with many netizens. After the "iQIYI Restricted Screen Projection Case" rushed to the hot search, netizens accused iQIYI of "eating too ugly". In the face of huge public opinion pressure, a month after Zhu Yuan took iQiyi to court, iQiyi issued an announcement.
On February 20, 2023, iQIYI released a statement on the optimization of iQIYI membership services through its official Weibo, adjusting the projection function, and iQIYI gold VIP members who are still in a subscription state will resume 720P and 1080P resolution projection.
On February 20, 2023, iQIYI issued an announcement. Source: @爱奇艺VIP会员
On July 1, 2024, the media learned from the plaintiff Zhu Yuan that the first-instance judgment of the "iQiyi Restricted Screen Projection Case" has been issued and is still under appeal.
Zhu Yuan told reporters that the first-instance judgment of the "iQiyi Restricted Projection Case" is: the plaintiff, as a golden VIP member of iQiyi APP, enjoys the rights and interests of 720P and 1080P resolution projection before July 15, 2025; Within seven days from the effective date of this judgment, iQIYI will compensate the plaintiff for 41 days of VIP membership time for gold members.
Part of the verdict. Source: Modern Express
On July 2, Zhu Yuan posted on Weibo, saying, "As a plaintiff, I have no opinion on the first-instance judgment of 41 days of compensation," expressing the hope that all injured members would be treated equally.
Zhu Yuan posted a blog response. Source: @lawpig
The results of iQiyi's first instance caused heated discussions, some netizens said, "It's only 41 days of VIP, it doesn't hurt or itch, I don't feel anything", some netizens think that the compensation is too light, and it can't play a punitive role at all, and some netizens said, "Compensation is not important at all, what matters is when the routine of 'nesting doll' VIP can be canceled." ”
Link to previous report: After being complained about "ugly eating", iQiyi VIP can be screened in HD and logged in with multiple stations
Source: Comprehensive Modern Express, previous reports, related comments