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  • Gathering All the Books in the World—Can the Library of Alexandria of the AI Era Endure?

    Gathering All the Books in the World—Can the Library of Alexandria of the AI Era Endure?
    AI & Scholarship

    Gathering All the Books in the World—Can the Library of Alexandria of the AI Era Endure?

    This article was published in China Science Daily (2026-04-23, p. 3, General), with the title changed to AI Can Now Read “All the Books in the World”; Do Humans Still Need to Read Books?. It was edited down and divided into sections at publication; the original draft is posted here: Around 295 BCE, Ptolemy I commissioned the Greek scholar Demetrius to build a magnificent library and Mouseion (an academic institution) in the city of Alexandria. Demetrius proposed the grand vision of “collecting all the books in the world,” and it received the continuing support of the Ptolemaic royal house. The first three Ptolemies carried the project forward one after another,…

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  • Who Can Sell Black Hole Photos? Visual China Can, but So Can You

    Who Can Sell Black Hole Photos? Visual China Can, but So Can You

    Who Can Sell Black Hole Photos? Visual China Can, but So Can You
    Culture & Public Commentary

    Who Can Sell Black Hole Photos? Visual China Can, but So Can You

    This piece was also commissioned by Jiemian, but fittingly it was released under CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License) permission: as long as the author information (Hu Yilin / Jiemian Commentary) is clearly credited, it may be used free of charge.   [caption id="attachment_7573" align="alignnone" width="900"]  Credit:ESO/C. Malin[/caption] On April 10, 2019, the first “black hole” photograph ever taken by humankind was released in a high-profile manner, attracting the world’s attention. However, in China, beyond sparking people’s interest in black holes, this photo also detonated another topic. People noticed that the image had been included on a website called “Visual China,” and a copyright notice had been attached to…

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  • On CC Licenses

    Site Matters

    On CC Licenses

    //This piece was commissioned by 8btc. The Bitcoin community is naturally inclined toward the spirit of free software, so it ought to be easier to accept the CC licenses. But copyright awareness in China is generally rather weak, and CC licenses are even less familiar, so plagiarism occurs frequently. Even places like 8btc that have brought up CC licenses still lack respect for them within the community. So some popular explanation is indeed necessary. For the moment it is hard to expect CC licenses to have legal force, but in the long run they are beneficial for fostering an atmosphere of mutual respect and collaboration in the industry, as well…

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  • On Page Charges

    Life & Notes

    On Page Charges

    Submission up to now, although quite a few short pieces and book reviews have been published, the situation with my properly serious academic papers is still rather worrying. The key, I suppose, is that I have simply not been conscientious enough; I only became energetically “sending many manuscripts to many journals” at a few particular points in time, and for most of the time I basically left things to fend for themselves. But two of my papers were both rejected after being accepted because of the issue of page charges, and this is a situation worth explaining. Perhaps you would guess that I refused to pay the page charges out…

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  • Revised the Blog’s Copyright Rules

    Site Matters

    Revised the Blog’s Copyright Rules

    An exception clause has been added for articles published in print media; see: https://yilinhut.net/about/published The essence of Suixuan’s copyright policy is this: in addition to being allowed to reprint and quote it as one would treat an ordinary academic work, one may also freely adapt and distribute it. According to the copyright terms, adaptations must credit both the original author and the adapter, but there is no need to cite line by line; it is enough simply to indicate something like “originally written by Guci, adapted by Zhang San.” At the same time, such adapted versions must also abide by the same terms—that is, they too must allow others to…

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  • A Talk on “Copyright” in the Internet Age

    AI & the Future of Technology

    A Talk on “Copyright” in the Internet Age

    VeryCD has been transformed, and its music channel no longer provides download links. Why? Because of “copyright.” Obviously, “copyright” is the most typical concept of the print age. So what is the significance of copyright in the Internet age? I recently added a copyright notice to the new version of my blog, so let me take this opportunity to offer a bit more explanation here. The rise of the Internet and digital technology has made copyright issues increasingly prominent, and the “protection” of copyright increasingly difficult. The copying and dissemination of works has become far more convenient; once a work has been released, it is extremely hard to keep control…

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  • The Blog’s Indenture

    Site Matters

    The Blog’s Indenture

    When we register for a free online service, its “terms of service” are often completely ignored. In fact, this thing really ought to be taken seriously; otherwise, before you know it, you’ve signed a deed of sale for yourself. Recently I’ve been looking for alternatives to Ycool Blog, but I still haven’t found anything suitable. I absolutely won’t use Sina Blog, because its terms of service are basically a deed of sale. What I care about mainly are two things: first, privacy protection; second, protection of intellectual property rights. The policies involved differ greatly from one blog to another, and the difference between blogs inside the firewall and those outside…

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  • On Patent and Copyright Protection

    Culture & Public Commentary

    On Patent and Copyright Protection

    This was originally a comment in response to the blog http://mistgalaxie.blogspot.com/2006/09/gnu-gnu-gpl.html, but after posting several times I still couldn’t get it through; it kept prompting, “We're sorry, but we were unable to complete your request. ” I don’t know why. Since I’ve already written so much, and it would be a waste not to post it, let me put it here for now: An appropriate system of patents and copyrights makes sense both from the standpoint of justice and from the standpoint of practicality. If a new technology developed by an institution through countless hours and immense effort were given no protection at all, and immediately turned into a public…

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  • Preface to the Fortieth Issue of “Gongqingyuan”

    Life & Notes

    Preface to the Fortieth Issue of “Gongqingyuan”

    Preface After nearly a year of preparation, this issue of Gongqingyuan has finally arrived on schedule! …Though I very much want to say that, the fact is that the publication of this issue of Gongqingyuan was delayed by several months beyond the original plan! As editor-in-chief, I am deeply ashamed. I won’t go into the reasons at length; the main problem was that the layout work had been put off for far too long! By the way, the layout editor for this issue is also me… Let us hope this belated collection will not disappoint everyone too much. I also hope that everyone will, as always, continue to support Gongqingyuan…

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