The court did not announce the verdict in court. During the trial, both parties engaged in multiple rounds of debate on issues such as whether the labor contract was terminated or ended, and whether the company should pay compensation.
Report by our staff (reporter Chen Bo) - Wang Lin, a flight attendant who enjoys photography, has gained some fame in both the aviation and photography fields under her pen name. However, netizens uploaded her works as "Private Photos of a Flight Attendant" without permission. Subsequently, Okay Airways, where Wang Lin worked, grounded her for nine months claiming it affected the company's image.
"The Mischievous" video photos were plagiarized. Regarding the many "revealing" photos in the video, Wang Lin stated that she had carefully considered them while taking the pictures. She would never take "nude" photos showing her face directly, thus not infringing on privacy. "I am also a victim. After the incident, my colleagues did not blame me."
Wang Lin mentioned that after the video was uploaded, she asked her friends to contact Youku.com immediately, but the website did not delete the video. She also reported the case to the police, but they stated that this case did not involve criminal offenses and suggested she file a civil lawsuit. Currently, she is considering suing the netizens who uploaded the video and Youku.com.
According to Wang Lin's introduction, she has been working as a flight attendant for 15 years and joined Okay Airways in 2005. Her love for photography led her to spend five years shooting the documentary work "Tulips in the Clouds," recording the work and life of flight attendants. In March 2010, the well-known photography website "Colorful Photography Without Restraint" held an online photography exhibition for her, where she selected 60 works to exhibit. In September of the same year, a netizen selected photos from her collection to compile a video about two minutes long, paired with texts like "Crew meals are not as tasty as instant noodles," titled "Leakage of Private Diary and Painful Secrets of a Flight Attendant," and uploaded it to Youku.com. Afterwards, the video was quickly forwarded.
Yesterday, Wang Lin said that this set of photographic works took five years to complete, and before shooting, she signed a portrait rights agreement with four colleagues, allowing her to publish them in professional media. She thought publishing them on "Colorful Photography Without Restraint" was fine. "I was too unprepared for the internet. I didn't expect that netizens would one-sidedly plagiarize them and completely distort my shooting theme."
Suspension of flying duties was part of the company’s employment arrangement.
"Wang Lin says the photos were plagiarized, but fundamentally speaking, she is the photographer and cannot avoid responsibility. Whether they were plagiarized or not is between her and a third party." The agent argued.
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Okay Airways' agent defended by stating that in September of the previous year, Wang Lin took "private photos" of the company's cabin crew, which then spread widely on the internet, causing significant harm and mental pressure to the photographed cabin crew and affecting the company's image. To stabilize the emotions of other flight attendants, the company suspended Wang Lin's flying duties. During this period, the company had repeatedly talked to Wang Lin, but she consistently refused to admit fault. Therefore, after her contract expired last July, the company normally terminated it without renewing. "This belongs to the internal employment arrangements of the company. Wang Lin's claim of losses due to suspension lacks factual basis," the agent said.
Flight Attendant claims she might sue the netizens who uploaded the video.
Yesterday, Wang Lin's lawsuit against Okay Airways regarding labor disputes was heard in Shunyi Court, where both parties fiercely debated over whether the company should compensate Wang Lin for the economic loss caused by the suspension. The court did not announce the verdict in court.
"One of the photos included in the video was plagiarized from me, and it distorted my original intention." Wang Lin stated that subsequently, she was grounded and placed on reduced salary for more than 9 months. For this reason, she filed a lawsuit demanding the company compensate her approximately 300,000 yuan for economic losses due to the suspension and severance pay.
One of the photos compiled by netizens into the video. Picture taken from Wang Lin's blog.