Visual China responded to the alleged infringement of the photographer’s original works: the authorization chain for the sale of pictures is clear and complete

According to news from this site on August 16, starry sky photographer Dai Jianfeng (@Jeff’s Starry Sky Journey) posted on August 15th that he received a call from Visual China, accusing his official account of infringing use of their 173 photos and demanded compensation of more than 80,000 yuan. However, when he checked these so-called "infringing photos", he found that they were actually his own works.

This site noticed that 8 On the evening of May 15th, @VisionChina posted on Weibo in response to the copyright dispute: "As for the copyright image issue between our company and photographer @Jeff's Starry Sky Journey that appeared on Weibo, our company attaches great importance to it and will understand the situation as soon as possible. We have contacted the parties concerned. After preliminary verification, the pictures involved were sold by the photographer's authorized photo library Stocktrek Images, which in turn authorized the relevant pictures to Getty Images for sale. Visual China is the exclusive distributor of Getty Images in mainland China. Partners, have complete sales rights, including the 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.”

Dai Jianfeng said in the Red Star News report that he found that the 173 photos sent by Visual China were works he had taken over the past ten years, some of which had been published on his official account and Weibo , but the photos posted on social platforms are watermarked and are not high-definition images. Previously, he had collaborated on some works with foreign photo gallery websites, but had never collaborated with Visual China, and had never uploaded photos to Visual China’s photo gallery

According to the email screenshot provided by Dai Jianfeng, Visual China claimed that in In the usage scenarios of your company's WeChat official account and website, 173 visual works were discovered without authorization. After verification in the copyright management system, no relevant authorization records were found

Dai Jianfeng proposed to Visual China Two solutions and asked to respond before August 18th. The first option is cooperation between the two parties. He will purchase the copyrighted material package from the Visual China Material Library website. The purchase quantity is not less than the used quantity (173 pictures). The unit price of each picture is 300 yuan, and the cooperation period is 1 year. After the cooperation agreement is signed, his previous responsibility for the use of images will be directly relieved. The second option is to reconcile the two parties. He will pay Visual China the cost of 173 pictures. Each picture costs 500 yuan, totaling 86,500 yuan.

Dai Jianfeng was confused by this: "I don't understand why I My work has become the copyright of Visual China and I am also required to compensate. This is the first time I have encountered this situation in more than ten years."

Dai Jianfeng introduced that he had allowed a friend’s company to use his work, and the friend’s company also received a claim call from Visual China. He wants to know how Visual China obtained his photos and sold them, as well as how many companies they sued and how much they gained from them.

According to Jiupai News, Chai Jijun, the founder of Visual China, said: responded, stating that this was a misunderstanding and had contacted the photographer

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