1. What the hell is this?
The cause of this incident is that Zhao Dexin, an old professor who is nearly ninety years old, sued HowNet. Professor Zhao Dexin's road to safeguarding rights was smooth, but after the success of safeguarding rights, all his papers on HowNet were removed from the shelves. Some people think that this kind of behavior is good for professors. But the fact is that no professor wants to see this situation, because it means that his research results will not be spread. In China, the dissemination of professors' academic achievements basically depends on HowNet, because HowNet is the largest knowledge discovery platform in China. Although this platform is now notorious, many people want to use it, because China has such a platform, which can be said to monopolize the academic circles in China.
2. Is it reasonable for HowNet to do so?
Reasonable, because the infringing content will be removed from the shelf. That's why I said that this behavior of HowNet is reasonable. But interestingly, many professors don't want to withdraw their papers from HowNet, but just want to distribute the money earned from the papers reasonably, because withdrawing the papers means that the papers will not be cited, and the research will be done in vain.
Generally speaking, this behavior of HowNet is legal, but from a personal point of view, I think this behavior of HowNet is a bit personal, and HowNet should be more atmospheric. After all, it is only a matter of time before a villain wants to succeed.