“Unauthorized publication on company network” Chunichi Shimbun seeks compensation at 18:26 on February 17

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Approximately 300 newspaper articles per year are published on the company's internal network of the company operating Tsukuba Express without permission, and Chunichi Shimbun sought for damages of over 12 million yen for copyright infringement Tokyo Filed in the district court.

The lawsuit was filed by the Chunichi Shimbun, headquartered in Nagoya.

According to the complaint, the Metropolitan Area New Urban Railway, which operates the "Tsukuba Express", scans articles in the Tokyo Shimbun published by the Chunichi Shimbun for 13 years and 8 months from the start of operation in 2005 to April last year. And posted it on the company's network bulletin board without notice and made it available to employees.

The article published without permission covers topics related to the line along the `` Tsukuba Express '', about 300 books a year, and about 12 million yen damage to the Metropolitan New Urban Railway assuming copyright infringement Seeking compensation.

"It is natural that newspaper articles pay a reasonable price for their valuable intellectual property. It is not permissible to have repeated serious illegal activities for a long time." No. "

The Metropolitan Area New Urban Railway said, "We have not confirmed the details of the complaint and would like to refrain from commenting on it."