In recent years, some universities have unsubscribed from China HowNet from time to time, and some scholars have sued China HowNet to protect their legitimate rights and interests. Scientific research institutions and scholars in universities believe that China HowNet charges too much, and even there are intellectual property problems.

As the highest academic hall in China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has gathered the top experts and scholars in China, and its research funding is tens of millions of yuan everywhere. If the database is valuable and necessary for scientific research, it is said that cost is not a problem.

The question is, where is the subscription fee of hownet10 million? Is it worthwhile for Chinese Academy of Sciences to spend state funds on it? Should a group of scholars undertaking important scientific research tasks be kidnapped by HowNet platform?

According to public information, China Knowledge Network is an information construction project aimed at realizing the dissemination, enjoyment and value-added utilization of knowledge resources in the whole society. Tongfang's financial report shows that in 2020 alone, Tongfang Wang Zhi's main business income is165438+68 million yuan, with a gross profit margin as high as 53.93%. In the first half of 2002/kloc-0, the company's main business income was 496 million yuan, and its gross profit margin reached 5 1.30%. How many companies are ashamed that the business of borrowing chickens and laying eggs has become like this.

However, as pointed out by legal experts, "if academic databases no longer use copyright protection as a catalyst to stimulate innovation, but use it as a means to grab high monopoly profits, abuse copyright to monopolize high prices at will, and destroy, hinder and restrict competition in related markets, their abuse will be subject to the review and punishment of anti-monopoly law."

In the face of public doubts, HowNet should respond and the regulatory authorities should intervene in time. This is not only to protect the interests of users such as Chinese Academy of Sciences, but also conducive to the healthy development of HowNet itself.