"More than 100 of my articles were included by CNKI without consent, and if I don't sue, will I always be infringed?" On December 17, Mei Jie, a young scholar in Wuhan, called CNKI to discuss the explanation, and the answer was: In the research plan, it is not solved in one or two days, and it is busy until zero every day.
Wuhan post-80s scholar Mei Jie.
100 articles were included by CNKI
Mei Jie, a post-80s scholar, has long studied modern literature, children's literature, and local history, and has published more than 200 academic articles in newspapers and periodicals such as Literature Daily, New Literary Historical Materials, Lu Xun Research Monthly, and Modern Chinese Journal, including more than 20 in C Journal.
On December 13, Mei Jie forwarded the report "Writer Chen Yingsong: Preparing to Sue CNKI, which contains more than 300 articles of mine", to the circle of friends: "I also have more than 100 articles, who will help me fight?" Many peers left messages supporting Mei Jie's rights protection.
CNKI retrieved screenshots
Mei Jie found through CNKI that more than 90 articles he published under the pseudonym "MeiYi" were included by CNKI, and the maximum number of downloads of a single article reached more than 800 times, but neither CNKI nor journals had ever signed a licensing agreement with him. If you add the articles signed by Mei Jie, he has more than 100 articles included in CNKI.
Do you want to prove yourself as an author?
Some of The Works of Major (Eyebrow).
Mei Jie told reporters that as a young scholar and freelance writer, he does not evaluate the title, every year to buy books at his own expense to spend one or two million yuan, the cost of research is high, "As a user of CNKI, I used to ask friends in colleges and universities to help download articles, as a content provider of CNKI, where are my rights and interests?" ”
On the morning of the 17th, Mei Jie dialed the telephone number of the legal department of CNKI, and the other party clearly stated that it was necessary to verify with the journal whether the included articles had obtained the author's own authorization, and if the author signed a licensing agreement with the journal, the author also agreed to authorize the journal to a third party, which is no problem.
When asked what to do without the author's authorization, the reply given by the legal department of CNKI on the phone was that the works included by CNKI were authorized through the journal agency, and the author's contribution fee was paid to the journal agency. If the journal does not pay the author's remuneration, CNKI will actively urge the other party to make up for it in a timely manner and strive to give a reply within one month. The other party also reminded Mei Jie to contact the journal to prove that he is the author, and it is best to have a writer's card and other materials to prove it.
Recently, the number of authors complaining about CNKI has increased
The reporter contacted the "Literary Journal", which had published Mei Jie's article. The other party said that since 2015, the Literary Daily has signed a licensing agreement with CNKI, and the authorized content is limited to the job works of the staff of the unit. For the articles of the authors of the manuscripts, they are not authorized to CNKI. "If CNKI includes Mei Jie's article, it means that the Literary Journal has also been infringed."
The reporter also contacted a C journal in modern literary research that had published Mei Jie's article, and in response to the statement of the legal department of CNKI, the relevant person in charge of the journal said that the journal had a statement in each issue: This journal has licensed the Chinese academic journal (CD-ROM version) electronic magazine to disseminate the full text of this journal on CNKI, and the copyright royalties of the society are paid together with the manuscript fees of this journal, "there is no possibility of supplementary remuneration."
When Mei Jie called CNKI to discuss the explanation, CNKI staff repeatedly verified identity information with him, including name, work unit, publication of the article, etc., asked the reason, the other party explained, "Recently there have been too many authors who have complained, including some counterfeit authors who have also come to claim fees. ”
Rectification cannot be solved in a day or two
Visit CNKI's Beijing office. Photo by Ke Li, Beijing-based reporter of the Yangtze River Daily
CNKI staff told Mei Jie on the phone that the gist is: at present, their main energy is to study the rectification plan, which is a historical problem, and it is also a problem facing the entire industry, which cannot be solved in a day or two, and needs to be rectified slowly, and recently every day overtime to deal with this matter.
Major is still thinking about how to defend her rights. He said: "Most of my articles are published under pen names, and to prove that the author is myself, I need to contact the journal and the editor of the year one by one, the whole process is very long, if the journal does not cooperate, it is more troublesome." Spending so much time, effort, and even money, the final result is not easy to say. ”
Previously, it was reported that "more than 100 articles were included by CNKI without authorization, and all the cases won by professors in ninety years and won more than 700,000 yuan in compensation", which has aroused widespread concern in recent days. On the evening of the 10th, as the operator of CNKI, "China Academic Journals (CD-ROM Edition)" Electronic Magazine Co., Ltd. publicly responded: sincerely accept criticism from authors, media and all sectors of society, and express sincere apologies to Professor Zhao Dexin.
In its response, CNKI said that it "works with the editorial and publishing units of academic journals to face up to the problem and solve the problem." The reporter learned that since CNKI issued a note to apologize to Professor Zhao on the evening of the 10th, he has not yet contacted him to discuss how to solve the problem of the continued dissemination of works on CNKI.
Source: Yangtze River Daily
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