爱奇艺因“限制投屏”被起诉，视频网站为何严防“跑冒滴漏”？******
2月1日下午，爱奇艺在官方微博上发布声明称，已收到关于投屏清晰度变更的应诉通知，一定会本着尊重法律、尊重合同、尊重消费者权益的原则认真审慎对待。
据现代快报报道，广东一名用户因限制投屏将爱奇艺告上法庭，北京市互联网法院已于近日立案。该用户是爱奇艺平台的7年“老粉”，从2017年就成了爱奇艺会员。此前使用时投屏可以选择任意清晰度，而2023年1月11日他发现爱奇艺将黄金VIP会员投屏清晰度限制在480P，如需更高清晰度则必须升级至更高级别会员。他认为爱奇艺单方变更合同条款，已经构成违约。该用户表示，不要求民事赔偿，只要求爱奇艺在会员期限内，不得以任何方式限制投屏清晰度。
今年1月，就有不少网友反馈，爱奇艺应用程序开始对投屏功能作出限制，即黄金VIP(贵宾)会员原来可用最高4K分辨率投屏，现在只能选最低的480P分辨率。就此，新京报贝壳财经记者测试发现，目前爱奇艺黄金VIP会员在观看一定数量(通常为2个)的广告的情况下仍可投屏，分辨率未显示，清晰度相对普通。
一位接近爱奇艺的知情人士告诉新京报贝壳财经记者，爱奇艺黄金VIP的会员协议中一直是不支持投屏的，但考虑到用户需求，还是提供了投屏功能，情况一直是这样，不知为何今天突然受到关注。根据《爱奇艺会员服务协议》的“会员权益及额外付费相关”条款之规定，“各会员类型可享受的会员权益仅可在该VIP会员类型适用的设备终端上使用，不可跨终端使用，如，您开通了黄金VIP会员，则您所享受的所有会员权益可在电脑、手机、Pad端(平板电脑)使用，电视端以及投屏不可使用。”
不久后，又有网友表示爱奇艺限制HDMI(高清多媒体接口)连线播放功能，点击内容播放时会弹出“由于版权原因，此内容不支持HDMI连线播放”的提示。当时爱奇艺回应称：限制HDMI连线播放功能是应版权方要求，基于数字版权保护协议，为防止录屏盗版而采取的限制措施。本功能已经上线多年，这也是行业通行的做法。其他不受数字版权保护协议限制的内容，仍可以通过HDMI连线播放。这项限制与是否订阅会员无关。
2022年7月，三大长视频网站之一的优酷也对移动设备投屏功能进行了限制，用户通过手机端VIP用优酷投屏到电视时，会提示“试看六分钟，升级酷喵VIP看全片。”该行为在当时也曾引发热议。
在多位长视频行业从业者看来，在广告尤其是品牌广告遭遇严重下滑的当下，长视频平台想要增加商业化变现，只能提升会员收入，而要想提升平台的会员收入，一方面可以通过提高ARRPU值(每付费用户平均收益)，也就是会员费涨价；另一方面，也要严防跑冒滴漏，限制各种形式的共享账号，同时还要拉开不同层次会员的权益，也就是目前爱奇艺正在做的，对黄金VIP、白金VIP和星钻VIP的权益进行差异化。
近年来，会员涨价已成为各视频平台的常态化操作。截至2022年底，腾讯视频相继两次调整VIP会员价格，优酷、芒果TV(电视)跟随腾讯视频的步伐调整了会员价格，爱奇艺则已经连续三年调整会员价格。目前，在不含电视端的会员中，三大长视频平台的六大套餐价已基本是同等价位；而在含电视端会员中，爱奇艺季卡128元，低于腾讯、优酷季卡的148元。
受疫情影响，新剧集、综艺上线量有限，爱奇艺、腾讯视频的付费会员数量都有震荡。据爱奇艺2022年三季度报，其订阅会员数量已恢复至亿级，为1.002亿。据腾讯控股2022年三季度财报显示，截至三季度末，腾讯视频付费会员总数为1.20亿，同比减少900万，环比减少200万。
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文•麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
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