A photographer in China said that after using the photos taken by his own public account, "Visual China" by the visual material copyright trading platform refers to infringement and requires compensation for 86,000 yuanS $ 16,000).
Chinese star photographer Dai Jianfeng Dai Jianfeng on Tuesday (August 15) posted on his Weibo "Jeff's Star Tour" that he received a call from visual China on the same day, saying that his public account infringementWith 173 photos in China, more than 80,000 yuan is compensated. "When I open the content, these so -called 'infringing photos' turned out to be a work I took by myself."
Dai Jianfeng accepted "In an interview with the Jiupai News, he told the staff of the visual Chinese on the phone that these photos were taken by himself or friends, and should not constitute infringement against visual China.But then, the staff of the Visual China sent an email to Dai Jianfeng, explaining the content of the photo involving infringement and asked him to reply within a time limit.
The screenshot of the email shows that Visual China provides two solutions, and the response will be responded before August 18.One is the cooperation between the two parties. Dai Jianfeng's company purchases a picture of 300 yuan at a unit price of 300 yuan.It was the reconciliation of both parties. Dai Jianfeng paid the cost of the 173 pictures for a single 500 yuan price, totaling 86,500 yuan.
Dai Jianfeng also revealed that he had authorized the work to use his work to the company, and the friend company also received a call from Visual China, which was also requested to compensate for compensation.Dai Jianfeng questioned, where did Visual China get his photos and sell them. How many companies did he sue for his photos and how much did he get?
Visual China also publicly responded publicly through the official Weibo on Tuesday evening, saying that it was preliminarily verified. The picture involved was sold for Dai Jianfeng to authorize the picture library Stocktrek Images.Essence
responded: "Visual China, as the exclusive partner of Getty Images in mainland China, has a complete sales rights including related pictures involved, and the sales authorization chain of the pictures involved is clear and complete.We will continue to communicate with the photographer and properly handle related misunderstandings. "
According to the Jiupai news report, a staff member of the Visual China explained that the company has a search function inside the company that will useThe picture compares the photos in the company gallery and further screens the results; if the similarity is high, relevant measures will be taken.
Dai Jianfeng responded again through personal Weibo on Wednesday morning, saying that he did not accept the views of the visual China response.Dai Jianfeng said that he had verified it with Stocktrek, and Stocktrek clearly informed that visual China has no right to sell his works or any copyright of his works, and Getty has no right to transfer his work again.
Dai Jianfeng wrote: "There is no misunderstanding here. Until now, you (Vision China) still sells my work illegally online, and lies to me and others that you have the copyright of your work and claim. Please stop immediatelyYour infringement! "
According to the Chinese media, this is not the first time Visual China has" touched porcelain "infringement and trapped in copyright disputes.For example, in 2019, Visual China has declared the version of "the first black hole photo of humans"; in the same year, the official Weibo of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China questioned the vision China that "the copyright of the (China) national flag and the national emblem is also your company?"After the public opinion is fermented, the visual China emergency offline related pictures.
Public information shows that Visual China was founded in 2000 and is China's largest visual image content and integrated marketing communication service provider.Visual China reported in the 2022 annual report that the company currently provides all kinds of materials such as 400 million pictures, 30 million videos, and 350,000 music, and is one of the world's largest similar digital copyright content platforms.
