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Chinese Thieves and Questions

Mon Nov 26, 2007, 9:09 AM
A Chinese company that is making an I-Phone clone is using my work to promote and advertise.

more here: [link]

here's a link to the company info: [link]


It even appears they have used the image of Apnea for a theme - if not a mockup for advertising and promotion.

Does anyone speak Chinese or have any ideas about Chinese law or how to go about contacting them? I wonder if I even have any chance of collecting any damages for unlicensed use of the image?

Is China a member or participant of Bourne Convention agreements on copyright?

Will someone make me a sandwich?



UPDATE: [link]

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that is so cool..!!

wicked shot they're using..:D

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though i don't speak chinese and i have no idea how to contact them.. sorry 'bout that..!

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no, its not cool, its copyright theft and its illegal. It would be cool id they were paying LP but they aren't and they've stolen his work.
Hmm... you should speak with someone from a law office around where you live to help you with what you should do.

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that's cool that they like your work so much, but i'm pretty sure the chinese government has harsher copyright and licensing laws than the us does. :/ good luck with this.

beautiful shot none the less.

and sure... i'll make you a sandwich :P

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well sorry, missed the part that they didn't even gave you any credit at all..! o.O

i'd def. try to catch up with them..!

good luck with it..^^

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maybe something here helps:

[link]

[link]

at first I thought they could do what they pleased, but it seems there *are* copyright protection laws, so you could be able to do something about it if you can contact the company.

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[link]

I thought that link might help a little bit, hopefully it's accurate.
This must get reaaaaaaaaally boring for you =/
That looks like it might be baseed on the OpenMoko project: [link]

As for the Berne convention (and TRIPS), I believe China is a signatory, but notoriously bad at enforcement. This year the US published a list of the worst offenders in terms of effective protection for IP rights. China was at the top of the list.

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