小說《錦繡未央》作者抄襲案正式開庭

The plagiarism case against the author of "The Princess Weiyoung" held its first public trial recently.

近日，《錦繡未央》作者抄襲案進行了第一次公開審理。

As reported on Tencent, Wang Guohua, the legal representatives of the 12 writers who filed the lawsuit, revealed that Zhou Jing (pen name Qin Jian) was suspected of copying over hundreds of other works to create her own hit novel, which had since became a television series of the same name, starring Tiffany Tang.

根據騰訊的報道，提起訴訟的十二位作家的法律代表吳國華揭露，周靜（筆名秦簡）有涉嫌抄襲上百份作品來創作流行小說的嫌疑，並很快出品了由唐嫣主演的同名電視連續劇。

The plaintiffs are claiming an amount of RMB 410,500 in compensation.

原告要求賠償其人民幣四十一萬零五百元。

The first of the series of cases that was held at the Chaoyang District People's Court focused on the plagiarism made from another work, "Shen li Liu Di Chong Bu Shuai". The plaintiffs claimed that Zhou copied 580 sentences and 118 plots from the novel.

在朝陽區審理的第一批案件中，重點僅集中於對《身歷六帝寵不衰》的抄襲。原告聲稱，周靜從這部小說中抄襲了580句話和118個情節。

On the other hand, Zhou's lawyer has denied the plagiarism allegations, and asked the court to dismiss all the claims. "Our work is an independent creation, not an infringement of the plaintiffs' copyright", said the rep.

但在另一方，周靜的律師否認了抄襲的指控，並要求法院駁回那些聲明。代表稱：“我們的工作是一種獨立的創作，並不是侵犯原告的版權。”

An alliance of writers has been preparing a lawsuit against Zhou since November last year, accusing her of copying over 200 works. While many thought it was due to the novel being adapted as a television series, it was revealed that the lawsuit has been in the making for years since it was first published in instalments online in 2012.

該作家聯盟從去年12份就準備向周靜提起訴訟，狀告她抄襲200多份作品。雖然許多人認爲這一行爲是因爲這部小說被改編成了電視劇，但據透露，自2012年這部小說第一次在線發行以來，這場訴訟就已經進行了很多年。

The controversy gained more attention when respected wuxia writer Woon Swee Oan joined the alliance, making him the 12th person, and the case - the largest infringement case of all time.

當令人尊敬的武俠作家溫瑞安也加入該作家聯盟之後，這場爭議便受到了更多人的關注。溫瑞安是第十二位作家，他的加入使得此案件成爲了有史以來最大的侵權案件。