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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:I'll take Sovereign Immunity for the block by Runaway1956 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, quit posting on slashdot, and program something better than Green River. Rescue your government's integrity. Good grief. Almost everything China produces is an inferior copy of someone else's work. Stand up and be a man, alright? MAKE SOMETHING ORIGINAL THAT'S WORTH A SHIT!

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