Wanfang Data sued

Wanfang Data, an Internet information content provider in China, has been sued by 480 academics for illegally including their dissertations in Wanfang's data resource system and its dissertation database called Dissertations of China, according to Beijing Chaoyang People's Court.

The academics say these dissertations, which were completed by them independently, have not been published yet, but Wanfang Data put these dissertations into electronic versions and put them in its data resource system and Dissertations of China without the authorizations of the writers. They say the company reaps high profits by selling its system to libraries and offering online browsing and downloading services. They require Wanfang Data to make a public apology and compensate their economic losses and emotional distress. The demanded compensation amount is reportedly about 7,000 yuan for each person.

This has been the third lawsuit filed against Wanfang Data following two in June.

(Source: China Daily)

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