Academician Zhong Nanshan's open source free papers were used for profit by HowNet. This news actually shocked many people, but it was also expected. After all, HowNet has been criticized for its low investment and high fees. HowNet's gross profit margin is as high as 53.3%, which can be said to have crushed a lot of A shares. Behind this crushing is the company's overuse of academic articles. According to the current law, even if Academician Zhong Nanshan's articles are used for profit by HowNet, his income may not be recovered, but HowNet is likely to be fined for monopolistic behavior, provided that the monopolistic behavior must be acknowledged.
Academician Zhong Nanshan's open source free papers were used for profit by HowNet.
Recently, some media discovered that Academician Zhong Nanshan actually wanted to collect money for his paper on HowNet. However, Academician Zhong Nanshan distributed papers in order to make some mechanisms of COVID-19 known to more people, but now they are used by HowNet to do business, which is a bit outrageous. What's even more outrageous is that HowNet doesn't need to charge for reading the papers on foreign websites, but it needs the price of each paper on Chinese website Zhong Nanshan, which is really even more outrageous. It turns out that the difference between inside and outside is not limited to the flag-planting vegetable industry, but HowNet is also such a two-faced person.
Its income will not be recovered: HowNet can be fined for monopolistic behavior.
According to the original intention of Academician Zhong Nanshan, in fact, Academician Zhong Nanshan is unwilling to charge fees, so it is very likely that these benefits will not be recovered. However, HowNet will eventually pay the price for its bad behavior. HowNet itself has a dominant position in the market. If HowNet still abuses its dominant market position, it will be monopolistic and its behavior may be fined for monopolistic behavior. Academics can't be sold. Now hownet regards academics as business, which is naturally inappropriate.