Sony: Prohibition on Selling Poster for Spider-Man Movie 'Havoc in Heaven'

Today, Sony Movie released a statement declaring that the Chinese-style poster created for the promotion of 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' has been unlawfully used to produce and sell merchandise online, resulting in copyright infringement. Any individuals or entities using the poster for profit without authorization are required to immediately cease their infringing activities.

声明原文：

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' (also known as 'The Spider-Verse' or 'the film') is a movie produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and Sony Pictures Animation Inc., in which our company participated in the marketing and promotion for mainland China. In order to promote the film in the mainland China market, our company commissioned an artist to create the exclusive Chinese art posters titled 'Havoc in Heaven' and 'Gathering of a Hundred Spiders' (referred to as the 'posters').

Recently, we discovered that certain individuals or entities have unauthorizedly used the 'Havoc in Heaven' and 'Gathering of a Hundred Spiders' posters and turned them into merchandise for online sale. Such actions constitute copyright infringement. We hereby make the following solemn declarations:

1. The ownership, copyrights, neighboring rights, and other intellectual property rights, as well as the rights to develop derivative products and derivative works (whether existing, conditional, or future), of the 'Havoc in Heaven' and 'Gathering of a Hundred Spiders' posters, belong to Sony Pictures Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

2. Without our company's authorization or permission, no individual or entity may use the posters for profit.

3. As of the date of this statement, our company has not authorized any individual or entity to use the posters for profit. Any activities involving the unauthorized use of the posters for profit are unrelated to our company.

4. For any individual or entity who unauthorizedly uses the posters for profit without our company's authorization or permission, please immediately cease your infringing activities. Meanwhile, we reserve the right to pursue legal actions and hold you legally liable.