"This is KBS Kyoto TV, news broadcast."

The female announcer was wearing a light blue dress and was sitting behind a stage in the live broadcast room. She was holding a manuscript in her hand, her eyes moving downward from time to time, checking repeatedly to avoid misreading this extremely important press release.

Her voice sounded:

"The latest news is that our reporter learned that the Sakyo Ward District Court in Kyoto Prefecture has issued a pre-litigation injunction for copyright infringement. The object of the injunction is "The Journey to the Eastern Lands to the Tang Dynasty" that has recently aroused heated discussions in the Sinology circle. It will be held at Osaka Port soon

Three thousand books sent overseas have been seized on the spot by local judicial authorities."

"Our reporter rushed to the Sakyo District District Court and learned that the person responsible for the copyright infringement dispute was Yoshihiko Shimokawa, an associate professor at Kyoto University, who filed this lawsuit against Professor Kayo Fujimura, Kyoto University, and Kyoto University Press. Among them, Professor Fujimura is Kyoto University Press

Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities."

"Professor Shimokawa's complaint is the result of Professor Fujimura's plagiarism and proofreading of the ancient book." The female announcer's eyes continued to scan downwards, but after reading the following press release, she seemed to be unable to control her surprise.

He was so emotional that his eyelashes trembled slightly.

"That is to say...the plagiarism content accused by Professor Shimokawa is the punctuation mark for the sentence fragmentation of this ancient book." The female announcer raised her head and said.

After controlling his inner emotions, the news anchor's face returned to normal and continued: "An anonymous person within Kyoto University revealed to this station that whether this plagiarism accusation is legally established or not, it will have a great impact.

Shaking the prestige of Kyoto University and Kyoto Press in the academic world. It is also worth noting that Professor Shimokawa Jun’s attorney this time is lawyer Kitahara Giichi from Eto Law Firm in Tokyo. He was involved in the previous Kawamoto Expressway case.

, in the Jiangjun Hotel load-bearing column case, we successfully represented the plaintiff in obtaining high compensation from the listed company.”

A famous Sinology professor at Kyoto University was accused of plagiarism, which was a huge scandal. The news quickly spread like snowflakes to all parts of the country. At this moment, it also coincided with the time for the second entrance examination of each university in the Japanese College Entrance Examination.

, attracted the attention of countless eyes. The highest academic institution in Kansai, Japan, instantly fell into a huge wave of public opinion.

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Kyoto University, conference room.

An oval-shaped conference table was filled with more than 20 people, all of whom were important figures from various departments of the university. There were school directors, school board members, the chairman of the academic ethics committee, the director of the external liaison department, and the publisher from Peking University.

Representatives from the society rushed over urgently, as well as many professors from the Law Department who came to attend.

"I am absolutely innocent." Fujimura was the first to speak in a depressing atmosphere, "Please trust me from the university. The other party did not take any further action after filing a disciplinary hearing. Now directly filing a lawsuit is intentional.

To embarrass the university."

A tall and thin man next to him shook his head and sighed. He was Nobuhiro Tanimura, the president of Kyoto University Press. Tanimura complained: "This incident has severely damaged the reputation of the publishing house. It was originally expected to be released in the first half of this year

About 160 academic works will be published. Currently, scholars with more than 110 works have sent us emails stating that they want to withdraw their publication at Kyoto University. We have sent many

The invitation to publish was immediately rejected."

From time to time, there was the sound of cold wind blowing gravel and slapping against the windows of the conference room.

The swaying shadows of the trees outside were grasping and shaking the room like devil's claws.

"And..." Tanimura added: "At present, the scope of the court's injunction is too large. When "Eastern Land Parade to the Tang Dynasty" was first published, almost every university library in Japan made a purchase. Now, the publication

In response to such an incident, many libraries and research institutions have stated that they will implement more stringent procurement review and approval for academic works from Peking University Press."

"In short... in short, our publishing house is currently surrounded by a heavy network." Tanimura frowned, and the expression on his face became increasingly distressed.

A school director said: "Right now, the work of the university is being carried out steadily under the coordination of Vice President Takeuchi. At this critical juncture, we must not cause trouble for the development of the university. The impact of this incident on the reputation of the university must be

, limit it to the minimum.”

"Professors of the Faculty of Law, I would like to ask you whether this so-called plagiarism incident can be established. What is the appropriate response plan for its negative impact on the university?"

Utsunomiya, who was sitting aside, said: "This incident is very obvious. It is a clear-cut blackmail lawsuit. From my professional judgment, the overlap of punctuation in ancient books does not constitute a so-called copyright infringement. Especially

Consider the attorney Kitahara Yiichi hired by Shimokawa this time."

"From the information I have so far, it seems that the lawyer's Eto Law Firm is involved in a debt crisis of 500 million yen due to the former director's professional negligence. And this Kitahara has started to snipe in the past year.

A listed company in order to obtain large compensation. This time it deliberately sued the prestigious Kyoto University, probably for the sake of fame."

"And..." Utsunomiya paused for a moment, "According to the information I received before, this Kitahara lawyer was criminally detained by the Kyoto police. However, for some unknown reason, it was changed to being released on bail pending trial and temporarily released.

come out."

As soon as Utsunomiya said these words, everyone was shocked.

Some people present at the meeting couldn't help but start talking.

"Criminal?! Shimokawa actually hired a criminal as his lawyer."

"It seems they are all of the same kind!"

"Shame! It's a shame for the university! Our university actually hired people like Shimokawa!"

"Now the blackmail lawsuit really can't go away!"

"Xiachuan is already shameless."

"This is simply a provocation to the university, and we must severely punish Xiachuan!"

Hiring a person suspected of committing a crime as an attorney really shocked many people present. It was obvious that no matter what, he would definitely break up with the university and fight to the end. The elegant demeanor among literati was

Completely abandon it. After hearing the information provided by Utsunomiya about the other party's lawyer, some of the more grumpy management have already asked for the harshest response to Shimokawa's lawsuit.

The school director who just spoke thought for a moment and then said: "Professor Utsunomiya. Since the other party has hired such a vicious person to blackmail our university, in addition to properly responding to the lawsuit, can we have other means to fight back?
Chapter completed!