Getty Images responds to Visual China copyright controversy: partners are authorized

Recently, photographer Dai Jianfeng disclosed in an article that he was accused of infringement by Visual China for using his own works, which attracted widespread attention.

On the 15th, photographer Dai Jianfeng published an article, He claimed that Vision China notified him that their official account had used 173 photos infringement, and demanded compensation of more than 80,000 yuan. However, Dai Jianfeng discovered that these so-called "infringing photos" were actually his own works. He stated that these works had never been collaborated with Visual China and had not been uploaded to their gallery

Visual China responded that after preliminary verification, the pictures in question were authorized by the photographer to the photo library Stocktrek Images. Stocktrek Images licenses these images to Getty Images for sale. As the exclusive partner of Getty Images in mainland China, Visual China has complete sales rights, including the pictures involved, and the sales authorization chain is clear

On August 16, photographer Dai Jianfeng responded again, saying that he Ask Visual China to stop infringement. He stated that he had verified with Stocktrek, and Stocktrek clearly informed Visual China that it had no right to sell his works, nor did it own any copyrights, and Getty had no right to sublicense his works again

According to the Southern Metropolis Daily report on the 17th, At around 1 a.m., Getty Images stated that it was confirmed that Getty Images had obtained image authorization from image provider Dai Jianfeng through its content partner Stocktrek. “Visual China represents Getty Images’ content in China and therefore has the right to authorize it in China. Use images from this image provider."

It is worth noting that at around 6 pm on August 16, the media searched the Visual China website and found that some of the relevant photographic works involved had been offline. Previously, Modern Express reported that on August 16, Ryan, the head of Stocktrek Images, said: "Dai Jianfeng has notified us and I am trying to contact Getty Images to ask them to remove his pictures."

Currently About All parties have different opinions on this matter, and we will continue to pay attention to the progress of the incident

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