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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. 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.

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    Proud member of the Weirdo-American community.