Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Gov't Bodies Sued over Copyright Infringement
Adjust font size:

The nation's first copyright lawsuit against government bodies has been filed in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.

 

Beijing-based Sanmianxiang Copyright Agency has accused two government organizations of infringing their copyrights.

 

Liao Xingcheng, a prolific writer on rural development in Hebei Province, signed a copyright transfer contract with the company two years ago for several of his published articles.

 

But Sanmianxiang discovered in December 2004 that Jiangsu Provincial State Taxation Bureau and the Agriculture and Forestry Bureau published two of Liao's articles on their official websites without paying the agency or identifying Liao as the author.

 

After initial negotiations failed Sanmianxiang named the two bodies in a lawsuit before Nanjing Intermediate People's Court on Monday demanding they stop publishing the articles and deliver a public apology on their websites.

 

The agency also wants 6,000 yuan (US$750) compensation from each bureau which includes their notary fees and lawyer's payments.

 

According to Zhou Jiejing, a lawyer representing Sanmianxiang, the company originally contacted 106 government bodies from both Jiangsu and Anhui provinces last year accusing them of copyright infringements.  

 

Fifteen offices in Jiangsu have since agreed to pay the copyright fees and apologize publicly. But dozens of others insist they've done nothing wrong.

 

"We are using the articles for public welfare," said a worker surnamed Wang, from Jiangsu Provincial State Taxation Bureau. "We're not commercial websites." Wang's view is shared by many of his colleagues.

 

"Government websites usually have little money to operate with," said a member of staff who asked not to be identified. "If they have to pay copyright fees for every article they'd have no money left."

 

But Zhan Qizhi, manager with Sanmianxiang, said that was no excuse for them to neglect copyright regulations. "Being part of the government they should set a good example to other commercial websites and obey the rules and regulations."

 

According to Zhan, they targeted government websites in their campaign on copyright infringements as their operators were not too difficult to track down unlike those who ran wholly commercial websites.

 

According to a staff from Nanjing Intermediate People's Court the case will be dealt with next month.

 

(China Daily March 29, 2006)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read

Related Stories
Crack Down on Pirates
Action Plan to Beef up IPR Protection
Tough Measures to Protect IPR
Standing Firm Against Internet Piracy
Copyright Protection to Improve

Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys
SiteMap | About Us | RSS | Newsletter | Feedback
SEARCH THIS SITE
Copyright ? China.org.cn. All Rights Reserved ????E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-88828000 京ICP證 040089號(hào)
主站蜘蛛池模板: 嘟嘟嘟www在线观看免费高清| 国产精品jizz在线观看老狼| 中文字幕在线免费观看视频| 晓青老师的丝袜系列txt下载| 亚洲欧美天堂网| 男人扒开女人腿使劲桶动态图 | 亚洲色图13p| 国产裸拍裸体视频在线观看| freehd麻豆| 宝宝才三根手指头就湿成这样| 中文无码一区二区不卡αv| 日本道在线观看| 久久精品夜色噜噜亚洲A∨| 束缚强制gc震动调教视频| 亚洲国产精品成人精品无码区在线 | 伊人婷婷综合缴情亚洲五月| 国内精品哆啪啪| av在线手机播放| 狠狠做五月深爱婷婷天天综合| 啊灬啊别停灬用力啊公阅读 | 娇小体积女大战两黑鬼| 中文国产成人精品久久96| 日本三级中文字幕| 久久大香香蕉国产| 日韩精品久久久久久久电影| 亚洲av永久中文无码精品综合| 欧美国产激情18| 亚洲国产成人va在线观看网址| 欧美日韩第一区| 亚洲欧洲自拍拍偷综合| 欧美高清性色生活片免费观看| 亚洲色四在线视频观看| 百合h肉动漫无打码在线观看| 出轨的女人2电影| 精品国产一区二区三区久久影院 | 少妇特殊按摩高潮惨叫无码| 一级做a爰毛片| 少妇高潮无套内谢| 一级做受视频免费是看美女| 成人中文字幕一区二区三区| 中国免费一级片|