Is black hole photo copyright? It is rumored that if you buy black hole photo copyright, you need to pay for it if it is used for commercial purposes. However, according to the latest Reply of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, black hole photos belong to all mankind, so they are not the copyright images of visual China.
This morning, many media questioned the fact that visual China won the copyright of black hole photos. This photo, which should belong to all mankind, has become the copyright image of visual China.
According to the image information on Vision China's official website, this image was provided by the European Southern Observatory for editing purposes only. According to visual China customer service, all users need to pay for the image, including 800 for news and communication purposes, and the commercial use needs to apply, and the price is basically more than 3000 yuan.
Later, Wu Xiangping, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, responded that the picture is a scientific research achievement jointly observed by more than 200 scientific researchers around the world through eight event horizon telescopes (EHT). Once it is released, it can be used all over the world and seen in the media, as long as it is marked where it comes from.
Later, Xiaobian inquired about the picture information on Vision China's official website and found that the description of the picture had been modified. The picture indicated that 'this picture is provided by the European Southern Observatory, and is only for editing purposes. Please sign your name as the European Southern Observatory; it cannot be used for commercial purposes. The phone number 400-818-2525 has also been removed from the "picture instructions" column.
In fact, the EHT project has distributed a large number of black hole photos to the whole world, which are provided by the European Southern Observatory. When asked by the media, the reply was' no exclusive license, no right and no maintenance of the right to use this photo '
Black hole photo Copyright: the first black hole photo of mankind belongs to all mankind.