On 25th September 2020, Discover 21, Inc. issued an announcement, “Apology and notice regarding book recall” on their homepage. It publicized that its publication violated OUP’s copyrighted title, Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English Second Edition (ISBN: 978-0-19-432538-7).
Discover 21, Inc. has already taken action to recall copies of the concerned publication and it has agreed to suspend the publication of the revised version.
We are currently discussing with Discover 21, Inc. to resolve this matter and will further update if necessary.
Copyright infringement is not simply a breach of rights, but an act of wasting and deriding the efforts and contributions of many people involved in publishing works, such as authors and editors. OUP responds very strictly toward any form of copyright infringement.