The first day of human beings was exposed the day after the exposure of the Chinese listed company and the famous business picture platform vision China also fell into a black hole, and was revealed that the black hole photos that scientific research institutions were downloaded for free were listed as photos with copyrights to sell.At the same time, some netizens have found the logos of many technology and media companies, and even the Chinese flag national emblem pictures have been sold.Beijing lawyers believe that regardless of the black hole photo or the Chinese flag national emblem picture, the visual China has no right to sell it illegally without the authority of the owner.
Yesterday morning, some netizens found that the black hole photos were labeled with visual China on the visual Chinese website, and said that this picture is an edit picture. If it is used for commercial purposes, please call for consultation.The reporter called the sales number, and some staff said that the picture is indeed in the scope of sale.However, by noon, the above remarks have been modified to be limited to the use of editors. If you use it, please sign the European Observatory, and it must not be used for commercial use.
In addition, the national flag picture is sold for 150 to 500 yuan
The incident not only attracted a scolding of Chinese netizens, but also attracted the attention of major media and institutions. Later, people discovered that the Chinese flag national emblem pictures were also listed in the Chinese flag national emblem, and public opinion was uproar.Screenshots of the Central Weibo of the Communist Youth League questioned, the national flag and national emblem are also your company?The screenshot shows that the visual China will be sold to newspapers and magazines for the national flag and national emblem.At the same time, Phoenix Satellite TV, Baidu and other companies have also found that there are trademark graphs for sale.
Weibo statement: Obtotted by non -exclusive editors
Visual China official Weibo issued a statement yesterday afternoon saying that the black hole photo belongs to the Event Horizon Telescope. The platform obtains non -exclusive editing use authorization through partners and cannot be used as commercial category without permission.In the evening, Visual China issued an apology statement on selling the national flag national emblem pictures, saying that the picture was provided by the signed contributor, and it has been processed offline, also said that it will strengthen the review to avoid similar incidents.
The reporter can download pictures for free on the official website of Event Horizon Telescope. The website also mentioned that the National Science Foundation and the European Southern Observatory can also be downloaded for free.The Southern Observatory of Europe only requires that the picture source is completely indicated in a clear and visible position, and it is not limited to commercial use.Lawyer Zuo Sheng Gao, director of the Internet Finance Department of Jingshi Law Firm, believes that without obtaining the charging authorization of the black hole photo copyright party, even in the case of sharing of the right holder, the visual China has no right to publicly sell the black hole photos.As for the national flag and national emblem, according to the national flag law and national emblem law, they cannot be used for business purposes.
Visual China website is affiliated to Visual (China) Cultural Development Co., Ltd., which was established in 1994 and has a registered capital of more than 700 million yuan.Observer.com quoted strong rhyme data statistics. Since 2013, Visual China and their subsidiaries have involved more than 1,000 litigation. The cases are copyright ownership, infringement disputes, or network dissemination disputes.It is said that Visual China has forced the other party to become his own long -term customer through the lawsuit, and 80%of the revenue originated from lsquo; rights protection rsquo;
