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Beijing group prosecuted for book piracy

By Mure Dickie in Beijing

Published: January 14 2005 20:03 | Last updated: January 14 2005 20:03

A Beijing company has been found guilty of offering unapproved digital versions of eight books written by one of the country's leading experts on intellectual property rights in what appears to be an extreme example of Chinese online copyright abuse.

Seven of the volumes allegedly made available on the internet by Beijing Scholar Digital Technology were about issues directly relating to piracy, including one entitled Knowing the Enemy and Yourself; Winning the Intellectual Property War.

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