Court Orders Post Bureau to Apologize for Copyright InfringementA court in Beijing has ordered the State Post Bureau to apologize for copyright infringement involving a postcard it issued in 2000.The Beijing First Intermediate People's Court also ordered the bureau and co-defendant, the municipal government of Zhangjiakou, to pay 1,590 yuan to Ding Changlu for using his photo without permission on the postcard. The defendants were found to have used Ding's photo work without acknowledgment and altering it without his approval. The apology is to be carried in the Zhangjiakou Daily, the court said. This is the second time the State Post Bureau has been found guilty of copyright infringement. In December 2000, the bureau was ordered by the same court to apologize and pay 192,600 yuan to Guo Xian for using his papercut works on postcards and key rings without acknowledgment. |
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