晋江官方于7月30日发布维权通告,指控番茄小说平台存在侵权行为[1]。然而这一维权举措随即引发舆论反转,批评者指出晋江自身存在对平台作品的同名侵权和同人文作品问题[1],存在明显的双重标准——对内未能有效保护原创作品,对外却主张维权[1]。
晋江平台的治理问题由来已久。早在2016年的玖月晞抄袭事件后,晋江便划分出了"融梗"这一灰色地带[1]。今年3月,《女主对此感到厌烦》一作品还引发发票抗议事件,读者用26万单发票表达不满[1]。晋江副总裁刘旭东曾称平台遭遇"魔法攻击"[1],言论随即引发群嘲。平台随后修改公告措辞试图模糊过错[1],进一步激怒了用户。这场维权最终暴露了晋江长期积累的平台治理失序问题,反而加剧了其口碑危机[1]。
On July 30, Jinjiang Literature City's official account released a copyright infringement notice accusing Tomato Novel of plagiarizing multiple works on its platform [1]. However, the announcement triggered a sharp reversal of public sentiment rather than garnering support for the platform's claims.
Critics swiftly pointed out what they characterized as glaring double standards in Jinjiang's enforcement practices [1]. The platform had failed to protect original works within its own ecosystem while simultaneously tolerating infringement elsewhere [1]. Content governance issues, including fusion plots existing in a gray zone, had persisted since the 2016 plagiarism incident involving author Jiuyue Xi [1]. The controversy was further compounded by the March incident surrounding "The Heroine Finds This Tedious," during which readers mounted a protest using 260,000 invoices to express their discontent [1]. Comments by Jinjiang Vice President Liu Xudong describing the platform as having suffered a "magical attack" drew widespread ridicule [1]. When the platform subsequently attempted to revise the notice's wording in an apparent effort to downplay its own culpability, users responded with renewed anger [1].
Rather than achieving its intended purpose, the copyright claim exposed deep governance failures and a mounting credibility crisis that had accumulated across years of inconsistent rule enforcement [1].