Recently, Zhao Dexin, a retired professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, was sued cnki for more than 100 papers being included without authorization, causing a chain reaction.
On December 12, according to the Yangtze River Daily, writer Chen Yingsong also said that he was ready to sue CNKI, which included more than 300 of his articles.
Previously, Chen Yingsong, because of the need to compile books, had looked up critics through CNKI to comment on his own articles, "I am paid to download, one or twenty yuan a piece, and more than 30 yuan a piece." ”
Through CNKI's search, he found that he had more than 300 articles included in CNKI, and most of them were downloaded hundreds of times without his consent.
"The old professor (Zhao Dexin) has a total of more than 100 articles included in CNKI, I have more than 300 articles, you say I can't fight (lawsuit)? How to fight. Chen Yingsong said.
Chen Yingsong told reporters that the lawyer had contacted him and that he was ready to sue CNKI.
"CNKI included the article on its own platform without the consent of the old professor, which is not what theft is." For this kind of behavior of CNKI, Chen Yingsong said, "Every day, people pay to download the authors' articles, and CNKI has gained huge benefits, but the authors not only did not get the manuscript fee, but even did not know." ”
Lose the case and take down the article?
CNKI apologizes!
Previously, Professor Zhao Dexin sued CNKI for a total of more than 700,000 yuan in compensation. After CNKI lost the case, it removed all of Professor Zhao's papers from the shelves and no longer included his articles.
On December 10, CNKI issued the Explanation on issues related to "Professor Zhao Dexin's lawsuit against CNKI for compensation", apologizing to Professor Zhao Dexin and proposing that it would properly handle the problem of Professor Zhao Dexin's works continuing to be disseminated on the CNKI platform.
Professor Zhao Dexin was apologized by CNKI, but the reporter noticed that after his student Su Shaozhi won the lawsuit against CNKI, his paper was also removed from the shelves of CNKI, "The article of the young man who signed with me was also removed, and I knew that I was very guilty." ”
Now, many scholars and students cannot view Su Shaozhi's papers through CNKI.
Su Shaozhi believes that CNKI is forced by the pressure of public opinion to propose reconciliation with Professor Zhao Dexin, and may not necessarily take the initiative to reconcile with others.
Professor Zhang Peng of soochow University Law School said that the removal of papers may have little impact on old professors, but if they are placed on a young teacher, it will directly affect his academic career.
Zhang Peng introduced that CNKI has a monopoly position in the industry, after the paper is withdrawn, there is no way to count the reprint rate and citation rate, and the reprint rate and citation rate will affect the author's future article submission and declaration of topics, which is a very serious thing, which will cause great harm to the author's academic career.
On December 8, China Youth Review published an article: "Whoever defends his rights will remove whose literature is removed", blocking the path for the original author of the literature to gain influence. In this regard, CNKI should also show greater sincerity, while providing literature services for the academic community, in the spirit of respect for intellectual property rights, as far as possible to let authors get the benefits they deserve.
Source: China Youth Daily