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CBS Interactive Sued For Distributing Green Dam

Posted by Soulskill on from the one-dam-lawsuit-after-another dept.

Dotnaught writes "Solid Oak Software, maker of Internet filter CYBERsitter, on Monday filed a $1.2 million copyright infringement lawsuit against CBS Interactive's ZDNet China for distributing the Green Dam Internet filtering software. Green Dam was going to be mandatory on all PCs in China starting in July, but widespread criticism, including reports of stolen code, forced the Chinese government to reconsider. The lawsuit, if it succeeds, could force companies to give more thought to the risks of complying with mandates from foreign governments that violate US laws."

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  1. Blue Dam isn't Green Dam by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Theirs goes, 'Ding ding ding dingy ding-ding.' Ours goes, 'Ding ding ding ding dingy ding-ding.

    It's clearly not the same at all.

  2. Re:What realistic choice does ZDnet have? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I would just choose to not do business in China until such time as there is even a hint of transparency in the business and legal environments, but that's just me.

    You might be in for a bit of a wait there my friend. Perhaps you could do some Sudoku puzzles to help you pass the time...

  3. From precedent... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... 2 billion PCs multiplied by 1 million per infringing copy ...

    CBS Interactive owes CYBERsitter 2 million billion dollars.

    Maybe they'll settle for 1.5 bajillion out of court.

  4. Win-win situation by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

    A battle between a repressive government and a company that makes repressive software? So there's basically no downside?