Why does Phoenix Net charge for all historical videos?

In the past, I wasn't interested in history, but now I suddenly have a strong desire to understand history. I want to watch videos to explain it in the form of news. When I saw a video about the memorial to Director Zhou's defeat of the Gang of Four, my interest was even stronger. He found two videos, both of which were from the Phoenix website. However, if he couldn't read it after five minutes, he would have to pay two yuan. Why couldn't such important historical knowledge be provided for free? Pathetic, lamentable, pitiful! No other website has it, but Phoenix Net still charges. It's depressing.
For the Chinese, I think revolutionary history should be free.

Answer 1

The historical videos on Phoenix were charged because they used copyright protection mechanisms to ensure the legal copyright of the video content.

In modern society, copyright protection was one of the important measures to protect intellectual property. For media organizations like Phoenix, they had to pay copyright fees to obtain the rights to play historical videos, and at the same time, they had to provide legal viewing services to the audience.

Paying to watch historical videos could also motivate Phoenix to actively develop and maintain video content and provide better service quality. This also helped to protect the legal rights of the audience so that they could enjoy the video content fairly.

Therefore, all the historical videos on Phoenix were charged based on copyright protection considerations. It was also to ensure that the audience could obtain legal viewing services and promote the sustainable development and operation of video content.