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Article: 4th Ld-Writethru-China Exclusive: Chinese writer sues 20th Century Fox for copyright infringement
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 11, 2007
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4th Ld-Writethru-China Exclusive: Chinese writer sues 20th Century
Fox for copyright infringement
DONGYING, Shandong, April 11 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese science fiction
writer on Wednesday took U.S. movie giant 20th Century Fox Film
Corporation to court over allegations of copyright infringement.
The Intermediate People's Court of Dongying, in east China's
Shandong Province, began hearing the case on Wednesday.
The writer, 43-year-old Li Jianmin, said 20th Century Fox's movie
The Day After Tomorrow copied the creative concept and the plots of
two plays he completed in 2001 and 2002.
Li said The Day After Tomorrow, the blockbuster movie in which
much of the world is destroyed by disasters ...