Chapter 293: Six major sects besiege Guangmingding
Adults always cooperate based on what they need, and they never make decisions in anger.
Especially in decision-making of large companies, personal emotions are the least considered factor.
Anyway, we all have a common enemy, so we should just unite.
It doesn't matter if Microsoft is used as a gun, as long as someone pays for it. It also wants to do something to Zemeng anyway.
Microsoft was aware of what Coco Assistant was doing, both openly and secretly.
If Ze Meng plays this kind of edge ball too much, it will almost be encouraging users to use pirated products. If Microsoft does not suppress Ze Meng, it will damage its own reputation.
Maybe someone will follow suit in the future.
Now that Microsoft has agreed to join the game, major computer companies feel their chances of winning have increased significantly.
If Microsoft does not participate, it will at most be characterized as a boycott by its peers, and others will most likely say that their peers are jealous of the Shenchuan.
With Microsoft, they can use copyright as a point of attack, which gives them a legitimate reason to do so.
The purpose itself is to expand the impact of the matter. No matter what the final result is, Ze Meng's Coco Assistant must be discredited or even banned from use, so that everyone will be happy.
The combination of so many large companies, coupled with the various capitals involved, has deeply influenced the public opinion environment in Xia Country.
The problem with the portal website is the most serious, and they have already started to divert and push information about this matter.
This is not the result of big data based on personal preferences, but is pulled up by the internet trolls and the studio's manuscripts!
In this era, these large portal platforms do not have excellent algorithms, so they use the dumbest method, which is to directly post this matter in a conspicuous place, and do not rely on preferences to push it. It is simple, crude and direct.
In such an atmosphere, many people with simpler minds were confused. With the undercover taking the lead in reflection, more people accused Ze Meng of doing things in an unkind manner.
Microsoft's logic is still simple. Although the customer did not download the pirated Win system in the store, he downloaded the Win system through Coco Assistant after returning home. This is equivalent to Shenchuan Company tacitly approving this matter.
Microsoft's request is to have Shenchuan ban the use of Coco Assistant, and for Coco Assistant to shut down the function of downloading pirated win systems, and for the relevant departments to bear the legal consequences for Shenchuan's previous infringements.
This matter was within Lu Shan's expectations. When he was testing the new program in Ji Yue, related reports popped up.
Lu Shan laughed in his heart: "Lianxiang, HP, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, IBM, Microsoft, and other small and medium-sized computer brands, are these six major factions bringing their followers to besiege Guangmingding?"
There was no panic at all. Lu Shan went back and told Jiangzhou University about the matter, and asked the school to form a team and let the experts and professors of the law school discuss the matter together. First, they wanted to debate from a legal perspective whether there were any legal risks in Microsoft's lawsuit.
It’s not that Lu Shan doesn’t have solutions and ideas, but if he can win in a head-on confrontation, it will have a positive impact on the entire international community.
If you lose, it doesn’t matter. You can use other technologies to solve the problem. At the same time, build a positive image of Ze Meng as a tragic hero in the minds of users. In short, both sides win.
Zemeng’s employees were furious, and Jiyue’s employees also joined them in discussing the matter.
"How shameless! They come up with one gimmick after another. If they put all their energy into the product, there might be no future for Coco Assistant!"
"That's the face of capital. They won't step up research until they can make money, and they will only accelerate themselves when there is a threat. Once they can't compete, they will think of other tricks."
"Westerners are shameless. They deny the rights to many patents after using them. Have you ever seen a whole set of patents held by a very small company? That person will take the blame. If something goes wrong, they will blame the small company and say it was the small company that transferred the patent."
"What kind of industry declaration did Lianxiang publish among a bunch of foreign computer companies? Fuck! Its ass is crooked enough! It helps foreigners to embarrass the Xia people!"
Jiangzhou University attached great importance to Lu Shan’s reaction and organized personnel at the first opportunity.
Lushan’s enterprises have cooperation with Jiangzhou University. The better Lushan is, the better Jiangzhou University will be.
Jiangzhou University naturally regards this matter as its own business.
Luo Fei, Dean of the Law School, turned down other work and hurried back to participate in the discussion.
Law school deans, professors, and teachers all have administrative ranks and often need to be involved in the affairs of specific departments.
It’s not a business cooperation, but an administrative one – to help.
There is definitely a salary, and you won't work for nothing, but what matters more is the influence and status in the industry. If you want to make money, where can't you earn it?
Just open your own law firm after graduating from law school.
This is like the faculty and staff of a medical school, who actually work in their own hospital and have teaching tasks, so they have to run back and forth between the two.
As soon as Luo Fei sat down, he asked the professors what they had understood.
The people below are very efficient and have sorted out the entire process.
After reading the information, Luo Fei began to ask everyone what they thought.
"According to Chinese law, whoever files a lawsuit must provide evidence. From all sources, it can be seen that the pirated software was downloaded by Coco Assistant itself when the customer asked it to download the operating software."
"Okay then! Does the customer know that this is pirated and does Coco Assistant have obvious instructions?"
"Yes, there are agreements for installation and so on. And Keke Assistant will display the source website of the software on the installation interface."
"I see. This is simply customer behavior."
"But Microsoft said that it was Coco Assistant that caused this consequence. I hope Shenchuan will compensate me and prevent Ze Meng from searching for pirated Windows systems in the future."
Luo Fei laughed: "This logic is interesting. If a merchant sells a kitchen knife and someone uses it to injure someone, should the merchant be held responsible? A hoe is also a tool, and everyone knows it is used to hoe the ground, but if someone uses it to hit someone, what can we do? Shouldn't we just hold the manufacturer responsible as well?
If the customer does not use the tool for its intended purpose, that is the customer's business. Anyway, our country has not issued an order to ban products like Keke Assistant, so it is feasible as long as it is not prohibited by law."
"I agree with President Luo. Unless Caidao is banned, any problems will be the responsibility of the customers themselves. If Microsoft wants to sue, it should sue those websites that provide pirated copies. Even if Keke Assistant doesn't help, will customers not download it?"
"I agree!"
"I agree!"
Jiangzhou University Law School is ranked among the best in the country. It prepared the response materials very quickly. Anyone who files a lawsuit would even have to fight for this opportunity.
Anyway, the law school has already promised the president Zhu Yajie that if they lose, they will not do it! In the legal framework of Xia country, can you still let foreigners and traitors cover your pot and not eat if you are right?
The Law School usually has no contact with Lushan, but that doesn't mean they don't care about Lushan's development. To put it in the most realistic and snobbish way, if Lushan develops in the future and establishes a legal department, the Law School hopes that its own people will work there!
It would be even better if the companies in Lushan could introduce some clients to us, such as legal affairs or litigation.
The more valuable a person is, the more likely they are to be helped.
This is also the reason why Lu Shan distinguished Chen Qiyi and Zhou Wei from other teachers. Chen Qiyi protected him even when he had not achieved anything. The same was true for Zhou Wei. He went against everyone's opinion and allowed Lu Shan to use the school's network resources. Lu Shan could see it.
With the school's guarantee, Lu Shan completely put the matter behind him and continued his research. He had little time and didn't want to spend time on such things.
The subordinates didn't know the progress of Lu Shan's side, so they were naturally very worried.
Lu Shan took time out to attend the regular meeting. After listening to the technical progress, Tao Bo hesitated and asked Lu Shan what arrangements he had for the matter so that he could prepare himself.
After all, such a big thing happened outside, and he was the person in charge of daily operations. It would be too strange for him to do nothing!
Even the people on Ji Yue's side felt that Lu Shan was too calm. He did not even bother to guide public opinion, and just let it ferment on its own.
Currently, those who are speaking out for Shenchuan and Zemeng are all spontaneous actions of netizens, and the collective momentum is very huge, which has already concerned the issue of their own interests.
When Lu Shan heard Tao Bo asking about being sued, he looked around at everyone and asked for their opinions. He said it was okay and that there was no need to worry, because after all, his opinion might not be correct.
The advantages of a young company were reflected at this moment. Lu Shan was really easy-going and humble, and he discussed any problems he encountered.
It’s okay to have different opinions. Everyone can have different opinions. But once you decide how to do something, you must strictly implement it and find a way to achieve it. You can’t hold each other back!
There are stages in discussion and debate, and after these stages we need to come together.
After asking around, I found that most employees do not want to take legal action against Microsoft head-on for two reasons.
The first reason is that the opponent is too strong.
Microsoft alone is powerful enough, a global giant, the absolute king in the field of computer systems. With businesses all over the world, it is truly rich enough to rival a country, and its resources are unimaginable.
How can Zemeng compare? It is just a small company that was established not long ago, and its main partner is the Shenchuan Company, which was originally half-dead.
Not to mention Microsoft, just looking at that group of helpers is outrageous. Computer companies such as HP, Dell, Toshiba are all global comprehensive companies, and even Lianxiang is the overlord in Xiaguo.
Speaking of just one of them, Ze Meng can't compare to him, let alone so many companies tied together to make things difficult for Ze Meng and Shenchuan.
These companies can use resources from all over the world and form a team of top lawyers. Many of the domestic lawyer teams may be disciples of these companies.
The chances of winning really don't seem very good.
The second reason is the problem itself.
Both users and Coco have downloaded pirated software.
Although users in Xiaguo have been doing this for many years, using pirated software is not acceptable after all, and everyone knows that it is wrong.
If you look online now, you will see that everyone is accusing Microsoft Lianxiang of bullying and only picking on Xia Guo Company.
But if you ask whether piracy is right or not, basically everyone will say it is not.
The three views of Xiaguo netizens are good. They admit their mistakes when they are wrong. Although they will still use them in the future, they did not say that they will change them in the future.
After listening to this, Lu Shan nodded. These were normal thoughts and anyone would feel tremendous pressure.
After thinking for a while, Lu Shan expressed his opinion: "What you said makes sense. The opponent is indeed strong, and we have certain problems ourselves. But I want to ask a question. Since it seems that we have little chance of winning, why do they want to integrate to deal with us? A single company can handle this matter."
Everyone's eyes immediately lit up. Yes, they only saw the unfavorable factors but did not think about the reasons why these unfavorable factors were formed. Lu Shan really hit the nail on the head.
"This shows that they are not completely sure, or even their confidence is very low. Otherwise, why would they integrate so many forces?" Lu Shan smiled and left time to his men.
This group of employees is still too bookish. No matter how smart they are, it is only because of their IQ. They have not yet formed the mindset of observing the world and finding the key points.
Fortunately, they are all very young and there is no need to rush. After this incident, they will grow rapidly, just like Ji Yue and Ban Si.
"Mr. Lu, do you mean that we are capable of fighting?" Tao Bo considered his words carefully.
"We must win this battle! And we must fight this battle!" Lu Shan's eyes lit up, and then he gave his reasons.
This process was just like Guo Jia telling Cao Cao about ten wins and ten losses, which strengthened Cao Cao's determination to fight the decisive battle of Guandu.
The first is that the legal logic does not make sense. Pirated software is downloaded by users after they get home, and Keke Assistant is just a tool, it cannot refuse users' requests.
The principle is the same as when using a kitchen knife to chop someone. The problem is the person using the kitchen knife to chop someone, not the kitchen knife.
Unless the law prohibits the sale of kitchen knives, the existence of kitchen knives is wrong, which is another matter.
The second reason is that Coco Assistant has a huge mass base.
Xiaguo is still developing, and ordinary people simply cannot afford the genuine Windows system.
Microsoft's operation is really disgusting. They earn so much money, but the price they sell is lower than that sold to Xiaguo. This is understandable, as they earn money from foreigners, but obvious price bullying is not acceptable.
The United States’ selling prices in many countries are lower than those in China, and this cannot be washed away.
In any case, users in Xiaguo cannot afford the genuine Windows system and can only use pirated ones. From this point of view, the use of pirated versions is not caused by Coco Assistant.
It’s just that Coco Assistant helps everyone to check and protect the computer. It also integrates resources for the computer to make the pirated system more enjoyable to use.
Such actions have won the support of countless ordinary people and have a solid mass base.
What is the mass base? It is the people’s hearts and the support.
Before these big companies offend Zemeng and Shenchuan, they must face up to this huge group. If they ignore it, they will definitely learn a painful lesson!
Unfortunately, it was only after those big companies fell into the trap that they realized how terrifying the vast ocean of people’s war was.
"Next, if we consider users more, develop more features that meet the needs of the public, and help them solve their problems, we can consolidate this relationship. Give the public time, and I believe they will help us get through this lawsuit."
(End of this chapter)
