争出英语课本,引发版权官司民国时期,出版界的竞争异常激烈,相互排挤、彼此倾轧的现象屡见不鲜,1930年的世界书局与开明书店的版权诉讼案就是一个缩影。上个世纪的20年代,英语很受重视,尤其在深受欧风美雨熏染的上海更是大行其道。商务印书馆曾发行《模范英语读本》,被许多学校 Out of English textbooks, copyright lawsuits triggered the Republic of China period, the publishing industry is extremely fierce competition, crowding out each other, the phenomenon of each other rivalries, the 1930 World Bookstore and Kai Ming Bookstore copyright litigation is a microcosm. In the 1920s of the last century, English was very much valued, especially in Shanghai, which was deeply influenced by Europe, the United States and the United States. Commercial Press has published “Model English Reader”, by many schools