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China Faces Piracy Suit Over Censorship Software

Posted by kdawson on from the green-dam-blues dept.

angry tapir writes "Web software filtering vendor CyberSitter has filed a $2.2B lawsuit against the Chinese government, two Chinese software makers, and seven major computer manufacturers for their distribution of Green Dam Youth Escort, a controversial Web filtering package the Chinese government had mandated to be installed on computers sold there. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that Green Dam copied code from CyberSitter."

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  1. Re:They may have solved the puzzle... by abigor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you post multiple top-level comments per story in order to advertise your terrible website?

  2. Re:I'll take Sovereign Immunity for the block by lorenlal · · Score: 3, Funny

    So... Maybe a judge could "alter" the judgement such that the Chinese Government would actually owe over say.... $6 trillion? You know... in that whole punitive way?

    It'd certainly lower the burden of those interest payments our lovely federal government has to make... Even if only for a few months.

  3. Re:I'll take Sovereign Immunity for the block by lorenlal · · Score: 2, Funny

    And to clarify... the punitive part would be awarded to the federal government in scenario above... Probably should've specified that.

    ^bad

  4. Seriously? This is your example? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah yes, if only we abandoned the terror of "Intellectual Property", we too could have oppressive censorship software forced upon us. Why must we languish in such outdated technology as an uncensored Internet?

  5. Re:"Intellectual Property" hampers economic growth by cpghost · · Score: 2, Funny

    Patents have done nothing except preventing truly creative inventions.

    Some inventions deserve to be prevented by patents. This case being an excellent illustration.

    --
    cpghost at Cordula's Web.
  6. The irony is killing me by Angst+Badger · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the short version is that an American company is suing the Chinese government because China is violating the basic human rights of its citizens without having a proper software license?

    I'm not sure which circle of Hell is reserved for a complete and total inversion of priorities, but I'm sure CyberSitter will find out.

    --
    Proud member of the Weirdo-American community.
  7. Re:I'll take Sovereign Immunity for the block by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    From a Chinese dictionary:

    Free Software / Open Source - a term used by western barbaric white apes to denote a futile gesture of recognizing a superior culture by providing it with a token gift of source code, with no obligations, in attempt to claim participation in its great cultural advances.