QuickWire: Chinese Publisher Apologizes to Yale for Plagiarizing Free Course Lectures

June 17, 2011, 3:16 pm

This week a Chinese publisher apologized to Yale University officials for publishing a book largely plagiarized from lectures the university makes free through its Open Yale Courses project. The Yale Daily News reported Thursday that the publisher has sent a letter of formal apology and that the publisher and Yale are working to resolve the matter.

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That’s a great point, sweetbeba!
sand6432

It may interest readers to know that it is a formal part of China’s copyright law that an infringer is required to apologize to the person whose work was infringed. Probably a reflection of Confucian tradition….
sidneyik

It’s too bad the publisher didn’t try to work out a deal with Yale in advance. Given the fact the courses are “Open” to the world, Yale may have been amenable to a publishing arrangement that would have served Chinese students without lining the Chinese publisher’s pocket.
rwejd

“Act first, apologize later” Confucius

Why is it that American institutions – be they educational or commercial continue to get suckered by that line, when it comes to Chinese transgressions of intellectual property?