If the other party holds you accountable, you will have to make financial compensation. Of course, if it is only for personal use or study, the general reprinting is legal.
According to the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Berne Convention, the works of China citizens, legal persons or other organizations, whether published or not, enjoy copyright from the date of creation.
According to Article 46 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), no one may use it without the permission of the obligee. Do not distort, tamper with or copy.
You shouldn't sign pictures for personal fame and fortune. Otherwise, it shall bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, apologizing and compensating for the losses according to the situation.
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Recently, there have been frequent infringement disputes over free download photos, so be careful to take legal action.
On March 2, 20 15, the reporter learned from the grass-roots courts in Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places that with the enhancement of public legal awareness, the cases of photo infringement that were rare in the past showed an increasing trend.
According to incomplete statistics, in the past month, grassroots courts in Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places have successively accepted more than one similar case 10. The judge reminded that there are many free resources online, but the use of pictures must abide by the law, otherwise it may be entangled in lawsuits.
In order to beautify the environment, a wall was built at a construction site on Yinfeng Road in Ningbo, and beautiful spray patterns were painted on the wall. Pattern template, from online pictures. Unexpectedly, this "unintentional move" made the construction party eat the lawsuit.
"When using pictures, many people are used to looking for free information online for convenience. As everyone knows, this practice is easy to cause infringement. " The judge of Haishu Court said.
According to the Copyright Law, the use of other people's works must be approved by the copyright owner. Except for personal study, current affairs report, scientific research, etc. 12, it can be used without permission of the copyright owner and without payment, but the name of the author and the name of the work should be indicated.
The judge said that when using pictures, it must be noted that the free download of free websites does not mean that they can be used at will, and not knowing the copyright owner and not intentionally infringing can not be an excuse to shirk responsibility.
Coincidentally, a company in Hangzhou used alarm clock photos on its portal to promote its products. Therefore, the company was recently sued by a professional photo agency.
The court finally found that the company's behavior constituted an infringement of the right to spread information on the internet and sentenced it to compensate the plaintiff for 3,500 yuan.
According to reports, the West Lake Court in Hangzhou has tried nearly 100 cases of photo infringement in recent years. According to the person in charge of the hospital, a large number of photo infringement disputes show that many small and medium-sized enterprises, even well-known large companies, want to use "free" pictures, but in the end they have paid a great price.
In recent years, with the widespread use of Weibo and WeChat, employees' use of pictures when publishing the company's official Weibo and WeChat has also become a high incidence of infringement. As a result of litigation in such cases, the defendant's losing rate is almost 100%.
The judge reminded that some enterprises or individuals, in order to avoid legal responsibility, will also constitute infringement by cutting and reversing pictures. The use of picture resources that others enjoy copyright must be authorized in advance.
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