Singapore's SPH says Yahoo! plagiarised content
SINGAPORE: Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), which is suing Yahoo! for copyright infringement, has accused the US Internet giant of plagiarising its works.
SPH, which publishes Singapore's Straits Times newspaper and other dailies, also vowed to fight a counterclaim filed this month by Yahoo! Southeast Asia alleging the media group infringed on its copyright, the statement said.
"SPH is determined to pursue this suit vigorously and to protect its copyrighted works," the statement said, adding its defence has been filed Wednesday at the High Court to the counterclaim by Yahoo!.
"It cannot allow a third party to plagiarise its works without regard to the effort and resources that go into producing its content."
SPH said in November it was suing Yahoo! for copyright infringement and wants the California-based web group to pay unspecified damages for infringement.
Yahoo! rejected the allegations and on December 13 issued a counterclaim against the Asian publisher, saying copyright laws do not protect facts and information.
The counterclaim also alleges the Asian publisher reproduced without authorisation several of its articles and pictures on STOMP, a citizen-journalism website owned by the Asian publisher.
SPH said in its defence to the counterclaim that Yahoo! had gained commercially by reproducing the Asian publisher's contents without permission.
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