Tianxia Bachang v. Press wins the latest revision infringes the right of modification

"Ghost Blowing the Lamp"

The Beijing News reported on April 28 On April 27, Wang Yun, the lawyer representing the world bully party, released Weibo and revealed that the court ruled in the second instance that the "latest revision" published by Qingdao Publishing House The "Ghost Blowing Lantern" version violated the author's right to modify and constituted false propaganda. Attorney Wang Yun mentioned that the key point of this case is that even if the editor of the publishing house believes that there are literal errors in the work, the modification should be approved by the author, and the author can still "obtain economic benefits from the use of the work after the transfer of copyright property rights, such as Rights protection was filed due to unfair competition in the creation of works by colleagues.”

In 2015, after Tianxia Bachang posted on Weibo that it would revise "Ghost Blowing Lantern", the publisher modified the content of the novel without authorization and took the opportunity to promote the "latest revision" ""Ghost Blowing Lantern" will be released soon. Tianxia Bachang sued the publishing house and its partners to the court and claimed 10 million yuan. After hearings by the two levels of courts, on April 22, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court pronounced its final judgment. The publishing house should apologize, eliminate the impact, and compensate Tianxia Bachang for mental damage and reasonable expenditure of more than 53,000 yuan.

(Editor in charge: Hu Mengyao_NK5655)