From the Visual China Picture Incident to the Discussion of Copyright Issues of Personal Website Materials

Snail still remembers that around 2017, Omelette.com caused a little commotion on the Internet because it quoted pictures from Visual China. After the website owner posted the post, many netizens also offered rewards and support. Perhaps because of the popularity of Omelette.com and other unguessable reasons, the two companies finally reached a settlement and final cooperation. Just now I went to check the relevant records and there was an article titled "Joint Statement on Content Cooperation between Visual China and Omelette.com" published after the final settlement.

When we are building a personal website, where can we find the pictures we need to use in general websites? Most netizens will definitely search for relevant pictures in Baidu Gallery and use them directly if they feel suitable. In fact, there is a lot of risk in this, because we don’t know whether these pictures are copyrighted, although there will be some notations in the search results gallery now. There are clearly copyrighted pictures, but some have been reproduced twice, and there are even some so-called fishing copyright pictures that are not noted.

Because we are ordinary personal webmasters, or do not have the media ability to condemn this incident, if we encounter problems with copyrighted images, fonts, articles, etc., we certainly do not have much ability to solve them. Here is what we can do now and in the future. It is to avoid possible problems as much as possible when processing content and materials.

First, where to find material pictures

Currently, snails search for material pictures as much as possible on foreign websites, because there are many CC0 copyright-free material websites that can be used for personal or commercial purposes, such as Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, etc. (Reference: Five CC0 free high-definition pictures are provided The platform is free for personal or commercial use). We can just choose one or two of these platforms. After all, there are quite a lot of pictures on them. If possible, it is necessary to indicate the source and author in the corner when processing the pictures. This is a mark label. Because I seem to have seen an article somewhere before, and I was worried that one day the copyright image website platform would one day deliberately post materials on some platforms, and then guide users to download and use them before going to the other party (too bad).

Second, copyright needs attention

When we first came into contact with the Internet, we heard the slogan of Internet sharing, so most netizens hope that Internet resources can be shared for free, such as free software, free fonts, free email, and even free hosting, etc., as long as it is Everyone is enthusiastic about free products. If a product is charged, many of us are still a little bit murmuring. Currently, many resources on the Internet are free, but in view of the development needs of merchants, including the ability to provide better products, paid services are still necessary.

Including the Founder font incident some time ago, we webmasters also need to pay attention. Some corporate websites have received notification letters from Founder. Therefore, when we build our own website or help others build websites, the fonts we use need to be free fonts, or if you have purchased authorized fonts, you cannot choose them directly from the local font library.

Similarly, when we reprint an article, we recommend that you indicate the source, because if it is really true, it is indeed more troublesome. Especially for websites that are directly collected, the relevant regulations have not yet been implemented, but in the foreseeable future the copyright should be gradually improved.

Third, I have nothing to say

I feel like there is more to this article than Snail has written before, but I don’t know how to start when I write it here. The main thing I want to share with our personal webmasters is that even if copyright is not so strict at present, there is no problem in copying content or quoting pictures and other materials, because others are doing it too. However, if we really want to use it for a long time or reduce disputes in the future, we should try our best to make a parenthetical reference when quoting or using other people's information to avoid unnecessary trouble. I once saw a serious webmaster's article or work being cited without indicating the copyright/or permission. I really asked a lawyer to handle it, and the result can be imagined.

In short, standards are necessary. As personal webmasters, we cannot change the big status quo, but we can slowly do it ourselves.

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