{"id":16837,"date":"2008-01-31T09:23:41","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T16:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/china-olympics-sued-for-copyright-abuse-2\/"},"modified":"2008-01-31T09:33:27","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T16:33:27","slug":"china-olympics-sued-for-copyright-abuse-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/china-olympics-sued-for-copyright-abuse-2\/","title":{"rendered":"China Olympics Sued For Copyright Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Financial Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Organisers of the Beijing Olympics have been hit by a lawsuit from a city resident who claims they violated his intellectual property rights by failing to give him credit for the event\u2019s official \u00adslogan, \u201cOne World, One Dream\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The case threatens to become a serious embarrassment for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beijing_Organizing_Committee\">Beijing organising committee (Bocog) <\/a>, which has repeatedly stressed its commitment to protecting intellectual property and has hailed its two-year-old slogan as symbolising the \u201cOlympic spirit of unity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fang Shouwei says he has evidence that he proposed the English-language phrase \u201cOne World, One Dream\u201d to Bocog after it issued a global appeal for an \u201cemotional and inspiring\u201d new slogan in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2005 I\u2019ve been trying to protect my rights,\u201d Mr Fang said on Wednesday. \u201cProtecting the fruits of my labour is an expression of the Olympic spirit of openness, fairness and justice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Financial Times: Organisers of the Beijing Olympics have been hit by a lawsuit from a city resident who claims they violated his intellectual property rights by failing to give him credit for the event\u2019s official \u00adslogan, \u201cOne World, One Dream\u201d. 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