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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 gzipped_tar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sure seems like there is a fair chance of it being grabbed by some of the "millions of automated Web 2.0 content analysis bots".

    T, FTFY.

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  2. Re:"Intellectual Property" hampers economic growth by ridgecritter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Spoken as someone who has never had a patentable or patented idea, I'll wager...and doubtless as someone who has never made money on his own IP. Bet your tune will change the moment you actually get a patent for something you invented.

  3. Re:I'll take Sovereign Immunity for the block by Larryish · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    defecating on the Moon (without spacesuit).

    I would be down with that.

    It could be like 2 girls, 1 cup... ON THE MOOOOOOOOOONNNNNN!!!!!!!

  4. Re:I'll take Sovereign Immunity for the block by BhaKi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know this is /. and bashing China gives you sweet free karma

    I've observed that bashing Iran gives you sweeter Karma.

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