论文作者诉数据库制作者侵权

Authors sued database producer for infringement of copyright in their theses and dissertations

2008年7月6日至7月20日期间，北京市海淀区法院相继审结了郑小东等507名论文作者分别诉北京万方数据股份有限公司着作权侵权案，判定万方公司擅自使用其中421名作者的论文的行为构成侵权。

From 6 to 20 July 2008, the Beijing Haidian District Court heard and closed Zheng Xiaodong and other 506 thesis and dissertation authors v. the Beijing Wanfang Database Co., Ltd. （Wanfang for short）, deciding that Wanfang＇s unauthorised use of theses and desertions of 421 out of the 507 authors involved in the case constituted infringement.