Some netizens may not know what HowNet does.

According to HowNet, with the strong support of the Ministry of Education, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, Ministry of Science and Technology, State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and the state, HowNet China National Knowledge Infrastructure was initiated by Tsinghua University and Tsinghua Tongfang, which mainly realized the dissemination of social knowledge resources. HowNet platform mainly provides domestic and foreign readers with unified retrieval of China academic literature, foreign literature degrees, papers, newspapers, conferences, yearbooks, reference books and other resources. Unified navigation, online reading and downloading services.

However, these services of HowNet are not given for nothing. His service is paid. He mainly collects the copyright of papers at a low price, or obtains the copyright of papers. Provide high-priced paper inquiry, reading and downloading services.

Some highly educated graduate students, doctors and masters can get 400 yuan from them to go to 500 yuan when they sell their papers to HowNet, which is equivalent to 400 yuan to buy their papers in 500 yuan. But some people check some papers on HowNet, and they have to pay according to different types, pages or versions. His high salary charges various service fees. Let the majority of students, graduate students and researchers feel deeply puzzled.

HowNet was sued for intellectual property infringement, which attracted the attention of netizens. The biggest challenge facing HowNet is the protection of intellectual property rights.

HowNet is an act of infringing the copyright of others in the process of collecting academic papers and magazine papers. Offended the broad masses of intellectuals and was attacked by the intelligentsia. Some university professors have protected the copyright of HowNet's infringement. Therefore, HowNet was put on file for investigation.

Some people expect that anti-monopoly law enforcement can change the charging business model of HowNet. But that won't happen. HowNet is the main body of market commercialization, not a public service unit invested by the state. Even if the monopolistic behavior is confirmed, the law enforcement department will let him correct the improper charging behavior, but it will not change the charging mode of HowNet. But what is certain is that once the case is filed through law enforcement investigation and the monopoly operation is established, his fine will definitely not run away.