On April 11, it was reported by Lei Feng.com that at about 9:00 p.m. Beijing time on the 10th, astronomers from all over the world, including China, simultaneously announced the "truth" of black holes. The black hole is located at the center of a giant elliptical galaxy M87 in the constellation Virgo, 55 million light-years away from Earth, and its mass is about 6.5 billion times that of the sun. There is a shadow in its core area, surrounded by a crescent halo. Einstein's general theory of relativity has been proved to hold under extreme conditions.

This picture of black holes was released by the "Event Horizon Telescope" project, which was cooperated by researchers from many countries around the world. Once it was published, it was reprinted by various media. However, people who eat melons soon found that Visual China has obtained the copyright of the photo in China. If it is to be used for commercial purposes, they need to contact TV Sense China or consult their customer representatives. Therefore, some netizens questioned whether Visual China wants to make profits from it?

However, at present, the instructions for the use of black hole photos in Visual China have been changed to: "This picture is an editorial picture and cannot be used for commercial purposes".

As netizens dig deeper, they discover a more amazing fact. On the official website of Visual China, the instructions for the use of the picture of the national flag and national emblem appear. The content is "This picture is an edited picture. If it is used for commercial purposes, please call 400-818-2525 or consult customer representatives". All rights reserved are shown as "1995-2019 © Visual China ". On the page of the picture of the National Emblem, there was also a price prompt, clearly marked with the words "This picture is a price limited picture, which is not less than 150 yuan for text, not less than 500 yuan for full page spread, and not less than 1000 yuan for magazine cover. The price for commercial use will be discussed separately."

Netizens can start to stir up trouble because Article 10 of the National Emblem Law of the People's Republic of China (2009 Amendment) stipulates that the national emblem and its design shall not be used for: (1) trademarks and advertisements; （2） The furnishings of daily life; （3） Private celebration activities; （4） Other occasions where the General Office of the State Council stipulates that the National Emblem and its design may not be used. The Law of the People's Republic of China on the National Flag (2009 Amendment) has made similar explicit provisions on the use of the national flag and its design.

This matter quickly attracted the attention of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. The official micro blog of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League tweeted this afternoon and asked Visual China: "Is the copyright of the national flag and national emblem also yours?"

The author found that many official micro blogs of companies and institutions complained about the behavior of Visual China under the microblog of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the copyright of their brand logo or photos with logo was "contracted" by Visual China.

Vision China then responded to the appeal: "Many of these photos were uploaded by contributors, and the copyright notice has been revoked."

Vision China further explained that the image content industry has changed rapidly in recent years. In the past, images were used by large traditional media, but after the emergence of WeChat official accounts, a large number of content creators emerged, and everyone's image copyright awareness is very weak. "I understand the pains of We Media, but in any case, unauthorized use of pictures is very serious."

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