The editor of Downcodes learned that CNKI recently issued a 28-page infringement notification letter to Mita AI Search, accusing Mita AI Search of providing a large number of bibliographic and abstract data of CNKI academic documents on its platform without authorization. CNKI requires Mita Technology to disconnect all links to the CNKI website and hints that business cooperation is possible. This incident triggered extensive discussions on open access to academic documents and intellectual property protection, and also highlighted the contradiction in data use between AI search engines and traditional databases.
Recently, the Secret Tower AI search team received a 28-page infringement notification letter from the "Chinese Academic Journal (CD Version)" electronic magazine Co., Ltd. (CNKI). The notification letter pointed out that MiTa AI Search provided users with a large number of bibliographic and abstract data of CNKI's academic literature through its platform without CNKI's permission. This behavior was considered to have seriously infringed on CNKI's legitimate rights and interests. At the same time, CNKI requires MiTA Technology to disconnect all search results from CNKI’s website, and said that if business cooperation is needed, CNKI should contact CNKI.
MiTa AI Search stated that its "Academic" section only includes abstracts and bibliographies of papers, and does not include the full text of the article. To read the full text, you need to jump to the original website through the source link. The team emphasized that the value of knowledge lies in its flow. Academic documents, as the carrier of human intellectual achievements, are irreplaceable, and open access to scientific documents is crucial to fair access to knowledge and the development of scientific research.
The Secret Tower AI search team mentioned that they respect and understand CNKI’s choice, and announced that they will no longer include bibliographic and abstract data from CNKI documents, but will instead include bibliographic and abstract data from other authoritative Chinese and English knowledge bases. data. The team also expressed that they welcome other databases to cooperate and discuss with them to jointly promote the discovery and dissemination of knowledge.
MiTa Technology stated that MiTa AI Search, as an entrepreneurial team, is committed to using technology to make the knowledge discovery process smarter and simpler, making document search faster and more accurate. Despite the challenges, Secret Tower AI Search will continue its mission to return search to its essence and provide services to academia and researchers at large.
This incident reflects the complex relationship between the openness of academic resources and the protection of intellectual property rights, and also poses new challenges to the development of AI search engines. In the future, how to balance commercial interests and public interests will become an issue that the AI search engine industry needs to seriously consider. The editor of Downcodes will continue to pay attention to the subsequent development of the incident.