For individual users, HowNet adopts two standards: charging by article and charging by page. Qianjiang evening news reporter randomly opened several papers download pages, each page charges in 7.5 yuan -25 yuan, while each page charges around 1 yuan. In other words, 100 yuan can only buy a few dozens of papers.
The "sky-high" fee download service has also created the "high interest rate" of HowNet. According to the financial report released by Tongfang Co., Ltd., the annual revenue of Tongfang Wang Zhi in 20 17 reached 972 million yuan, with a gross profit margin of 61.23%; In 20 18 years, the half-year revenue exceeded 500 million yuan.
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HowNet is the most comprehensive platform for collecting domestic papers, newspaper articles and other data, but these papers and articles are obtained by HowNet operators through extremely cheap means. Over the years, I don't know how many people sued HowNet for collecting articles without payment, including the China Character Copyright Association, which sued HowNet for infringing the copyright of related writers and won the case.
On the one hand, it reduces the remuneration, on the other hand, it increases the service price. No wonder the gross profit margin of HowNet has exceeded 50% for many years. It should be noted, however, that HowNet is building an intellectual property trading platform in a way that does not respect copyright, which is simply a shame for copyright protection in China.
Reflections on the recharge of public trust. Com- HowNet: Knowledge should not become high consumption.