"Next, I will verify the basic information of both parties. I hope that both parties will cooperate. Plaintiff Su Zhe, Lawyer Jin Hongyu. Is your identity correct?" After the presiding judge finished speaking, he looked at Su Zhe and the lawyer who were sitting at the plaintiff's table.
" Correct identity, Chief Judge." Su Zhe and Lawyer Jin nodded slightly.
"The defendant is Vision Network Company. The person appearing in court is the director of the legal department of Vision Company, Zhang Long. The litigation representative is Lawyer Meng Dong.”The presiding judge turned his gaze to the other side and looked at the two people in the defendant's seat.
" Your ID is correct, Chief Judge." The two people in the defendant's seat also nodded.
Only then did Su Zhe set his eyes on the director of the legal department named Zhang Long. He was dressed in a standard business suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and a shiny gold watch on his hand. Judging from the style, it seemed to be a Rolex. He had a refined temperament.
As if sensing Su Zhe's gaze, Zhang Long turned his head slightly and saw Su Zhe sizing him up. The corners of Zhang Long's mouth curled up into a mocking smile.
As the legal representative of the Vision Network Company, Zhang Long had helped the company fight many lawsuits over the years. It had always been their company, Vision, who had filed a lawsuit as the plaintiff. This time, he was actually sitting in the defendant's seat as the defendant. He should be enjoying his afternoon tea while enjoying the air-conditioning, but Su Zhe, that bastard, had taken the initiative to sue Vision! Zhang Long had no choice but to come here to fight a lawsuit.
Zhang Long had been discussing this lawsuit with the legal department the entire morning. There was no way the visual company would lose! He was practically guaranteed to win. It was this lawsuit that he was certain to win, but he had no choice but to attend. This was the most infuriating part.
The presiding judge then read out the rules of the court, informing both parties of their rights and obligations, as well as the basic situation of the presiding judge and the clerk, and asking if both parties wanted to apply for withdrawal.
Su Zhe naturally wouldn't avoid it, and Zhang Long was determined to fight Su Zhe to the end, so he didn't avoid it either.
"Now that the preparations are done, the trial will officially begin. Now, let's invite the plaintiff to make a statement and submit relevant evidence.”The presiding judge slapped the awl and suddenly became serious.
"Respected presiding judge, esteemed members of the jury. I'm Su Zhe's lawyer, Jin Hongyu. I'll be presenting my client's statement in court.”Jin Hongyu stood up and bowed slightly to the presiding judge and the juror.
"My client found out at 21.38 last night that a photo he had taken before was stolen by the Vision Network Company and posted on the official website for publicity. They didn't even communicate with my client at all. They directly used the picture and violated my client's copyright. Therefore, my client requested the visual company to compensate for the loss of copyright, 500000 yuan. Of course, our client will also license the visual network company to use such images.”Jin Hongyu smiled and spoke in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing, like a lawyer.
"This is the picture that has been plagiarized, and there is direct evidence that my client owns the copyright of this picture.”Jin Hongyu stepped forward and handed a printed picture to the presiding judge. It was the logo of the office building of the Vision Network Company. There was also a camera. When he clicked on the photo inside, the camera showed that the photo was taken a week ago.
The presiding judge took the evidence submitted by Lawyer Jin and handed the picture on the camera to the technician beside him for analysis. The technician took the camera and plugged in the USB card to connect it to the computer. After some operation, he nodded at the presiding judge and said,"Yes, this is indeed the base map on the camera. The plaintiff's evidence is credible.”
"Alright, does the plaintiff still need to speak?”The presiding judge looked at Lawyer Jin.
"I have finished speaking for the time being. Thank you, presiding judge, and your excellency.”Lawyer Jin bowed slightly and sat down.
"Next, let the defendant speak." The presiding judge adjusted his glasses and looked at the defendant's seat.
Meng Dong stood up and said," Mr. Presiding Judge, I disagree with the plaintiff's claim on copyright. It's obvious that the photo taken by the plaintiff is the logo on the building of the Vision Company. Then the owner of this logo is not the plaintiff. The plaintiff took a photo of something that belonged to someone else and then put his own logo on it. So, this is the plaintiff's?”Meng Dong smiled, obviously disapproving of Jin Hongyu's words.
"Objection! Defendant's lawyer, don't confuse the public! Since the plaintiff took the photo, he had the copyright to the photo. Since the defendant had the right to the logo, he could just take another photo? Why did they steal the photos that the plaintiffs had painstakingly taken?”Jin Hongyu said sternly.
"That was a small mistake by our staff. The original picture downloaded from the Internet doesn't have a watermark. If the plaintiff doesn't like it, then we can withdraw it now. As for compensation, that's impossible. Mr. Su Zhe took a photo of our logo and posted it online without our company's consent. We're already very kind by not pursuing his copyright.”Meng Fei shrugged helplessly.
"Presiding judge, I request for a recording of the defendant's lawyer's explanation. We will study it carefully when we go back.”Lawyer Jin suddenly said.
"The plaintiffs 'request is reasonable. Please allow the recording. Please ask the defendant's lawyer to state it again.”The presiding judge nodded slightly.
Seeing Lawyer Jin request for a recording, Zhang Long suddenly frowned. He had a feeling that something was wrong, but he secretly looked at Su Zhe and realized that he was actually fidgeting and frowning. He immediately thought of something.
"So you want to keep this recording and use it as a reference to deal with our subsequent lawsuit against you!”Zhang Long's eyebrows twitched as he explained in his heart.
After all, the visual network company was the first to file a claim against Su Zhe last night. Su Zhe was using offense as a defense. He would be the first to sue the visual network company, and then learn the visual network company's debate methods. Zhang Long was instantly relieved. After all, Su Zhe had his own ideas and wasn't as dull as those people who had been sued for damages.
After the recording was completed, the presiding judge and the jury discussed it carefully for a long time. They decided to order the visual network company to take down the photos. As for Su Zhe's claim of 500,000 yuan, he did not support it.
After the presiding judge read out the verdict, he looked at Su Zhe calmly.
"We have no objections, Your Excellency.”Su Zhe replied calmly. His expression was calm and indifferent, and no other emotions could be seen.
In Zhang Long's opinion, this verdict was within Su Zhe's acceptable range.
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