Chapter 295 Logical Killing
Seeing the confused expressions of Microsoft's lawyers, Ze Meng's lawyers explained: "Isn't it? Your owner gave you an order, do you have the right to refuse?"
"But this order is illegal! Is it right to download pirated software?"
"For the record! You also admit that this is an order. If it is an order, how can it be called assistance? That is coercion! Assistance is equal in status, which is equivalent to complicity, and a tool has no right to refuse when it is ordered. When the knife is swung, it is not known whether it is used to cut people or watermelons!"
This made so much sense that the judge couldn't help but nod his head, and the people in the audience also smiled.
"I don't agree with this view, how can it be coercion? What are the consequences if I disagree?"
"If you don't agree, it will be uninstalled."
This immediately caused a burst of laughter.
"Coco Assistant is an intelligent assistant! Can't it tell which is pirated software? Is this what you call intelligence?" Microsoft's lawyer immediately retorted.
The supporters immediately showed a sinister smile. If Ze Meng admitted that he could not distinguish pirated products, it would be equivalent to admitting that Coco Assistant was not intelligent. If he admitted that he could distinguish, it would be equivalent to admitting that he knew the law and broke it.
"Keke Assistant only determines whether the software has viruses, and has no obligation to identify the version. According to your logic, many secondary creations are illegal. Moreover, these so-called pirated works are posted on regular websites, which should be the World Wide Web, right?
Since the website is formal, the content on it should also be formal. If one party is not formal, shouldn’t there be some management? "Ze Meng's legal team gave a response.
Fuck! It hit me right on the vital spot.
As we all know, Xia Country’s network is the World Wide Web, the patent belongs to Kangaroo Country, and the server belongs to the United States.
The servers of most pirated websites, gambling websites and pornographic websites are in the United States.
The audits of those websites are done by Westerners themselves. They can be put up after paying the management fee and the Internet fee.
In this case, the website reviewers must be held accountable.
The key is, does Microsoft dare to ban it? Absolutely not! If those websites are blocked for this reason, then the forces that make money from this will not rip Microsoft off alive!
"The Xia people are so shameless!" Microsoft's legal team gnashed their teeth in hatred. It was so despicable to involve a force that they could not afford to offend!
Unable to wrap their minds around the issue for a while, Microsoft immediately requested a recess and urgently adjusted its direction.
Even though Ze Meng has the upper hand, the pressure is actually very high and the questions are difficult to answer.
So their strategy is not to prove that they are correct, but to prove that their opponents or others are wrong, and that those mistakes caused Coco Assistant to make the wrong actions.
After returning from the recess, Microsoft focused its attack on the action itself. This time they no longer worried about whether it was assistance or coercion, but instead focused on the fact that Ze Meng had not taught Coco Assistant well.
"According to our field investigation, Coco Assistant is already quite intelligent, so it is relatively easy to teach it to identify whether a product is genuine or not, but Zemeng Company did not do so!" After saying this, everyone looked at the Zemeng legal team.
"According to your meaning, Ze Meng needs to give Coco Assistant the copyright to update the product in real time?"
"That's right!"
“Does your company do this?”
"Why would we do this? We only test the copyrights of our partners!"
"Then why do we have to do this? There are countless software on the market. How many products can we update the copyright of? Expand the scope. Articles and pictures all have copyrights. Then Ze Meng doesn't have to do anything. He only needs to update the copyright of each product every day. Otherwise, why not just open the national copyright system of Xiaguo to Ze Meng."
Well, it seems that what you said is correct!
"But! The pirated system was downloaded through Coco Assistant. Doesn't Coco Assistant have any responsibility at all? As an intelligent assistant with the ability to distinguish, knowing that it is wrong, but still doing it, is this how Ze Meng does things?"
"Don't use moral smear campaigns, just deal with the facts. This matter is not that complicated. It's the user's own choice. Tools are just tools, and it depends on who uses them."
"It was the weapon that killed people, not me. Such logic is ridiculous. You should look for the real user, or not look for him, instead of looking for a middleman tool. I have finished explaining my opinion." Ze Meng ended his explanation and submitted the evidence directly, unless the other party had other questions to refute this reason.
Microsoft simply kept silent, submitting evidence and waiting for the result. After this direct confrontation, the US legal team found that lawyers are not easy to deal with in any country.
It is obviously impossible to make a judgment on the same day. After collecting all the evidence, we have to see if there is any relevant basis in the laws, regulations and guiding documents.
While the court is reviewing the chain of evidence, no one sits and waits for the results.
Microsoft and Lianxiang are putting pressure on each other, using foreign investment and not cooperating with the Xia country authorities to provide genuine products as bargaining chips. Of course, they won't say this directly, but smart people can understand it.
Lianxiang is just acting as a lobbyist. It is really anxious. If it doesn't step off the magic ship, it will not be able to survive in the future.
For this purpose, the shareholders behind the scenes have also taken action. These shareholders are not ordinary people, otherwise how could they take over Lianxiang in the future and turn the shared shares into the property of a small group of shareholders.
But they didn't dare to say openly that they were directly helping Microsoft target Shenchuan and Zemeng.
Jiangzhou University is going all out, and everything can be put on the table when talking to people or doing things.
What's wrong with protecting national industries and protecting our own people? Besides, we are in the right!
He kept moving between the relevant departments, presenting facts and reasoning, explaining Lu Shan's achievements, Lu Shan's role, Ze Meng's deeds, and the significance of the divine ship one by one, in order to gain more support.
The legal community felt tremendous pressure, and the pressure from the legal community translated into pressure on the trial department.
In fact, the two often overlap, and the pressure is transmitted faster.
Many people who have judicial power and work in judicial departments are disciples and fellow students of the legal community.
While Jiangzhou Law School was working hard, a more powerful force was also putting pressure on public opinion.
This aspect is the Xia State Academy of Sciences, the most important research institution in Xia State. The resources it controls and the voice it holds are far greater than those of the Jiangzhou University Law School.
The Xiaguo Academy of Sciences decided to support Zemeng and Shenchuan in other ways, so that everyone knows how to choose, how to choose, and why to choose!
To this end, the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences also convened its subordinate scientific research institutions, related enterprises, and related media to hold a video conference.
It's just a video conference. The level of Xiaguo Academy of Sciences is too high, and they won't just call anyone over to attend a meeting because they are not qualified.
"A high level of science is important, but people's patriotism is even more important!" The tone was set in one sentence, and those participating in the video conference already roughly understood what the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences was going to say!
"Comrade Lu Shan! He has made outstanding contributions in many disciplines, won countless honors for Xiaguo, profoundly changed the world's scientific trajectory, and greatly improved Xiaguo's scientific level! Not to mention the distant past, even the recently developed smart assistant has far surpassed its peers in the field of AI applications and reached the world's top level. Faced with active recruitment abroad and those extremely attractive conditions, Comrade Lu Shan did not hesitate to return to China to continue his research. This is the feeling of family and country!"
After praising Lu Shan, everyone knew that he was going to scold him next.
"However, some people are confused! Not only do they not gain honors outside, but they also engage in internal friction!"
"Even helping outsiders to consume Xia's companies and suppress Xia's peers, what kind of behavior is this?" Xia Guangming tapped the table with his fingers. If there weren't so many people in the meeting, he would have slammed the table long ago.
In fact, Xia Guangming was already angry. He was angry at Zhu Yajie, the president of Jiangzhou University, why didn't he tell anyone about such a big thing?
Wouldn't it be more convenient for Xiaguo Academy of Sciences to find a lawyer team? Wouldn't it be better to ask the department that accepted the case?
Zhu Yajie couldn't give too much explanation. He actually knew that this matter would definitely be known by the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences, so he simply didn't say anything to avoid being caught by some people.
Speaking out loud and passively discovering are of different natures.
Once the leaders have reached a consensus, the people below will know what to do.
Many heavyweight official media outlets began to speak out, but they did not say a word about the lawsuit and simply reported some content.
For example, people highly praised Zemeng's coco assistant, saying that it is the current pinnacle of domestic computer intelligent software.
It is said that it is the world's most outstanding artificial intelligence and that it has a model of future computer network nerves. If it continues to develop in this way, it will sooner or later form complete human thinking.
Some media praised Zemeng's creativity and its high level in network security business, and created a protection system with a new architecture.
Some media praised Shenchuan, saying that it was a true national enterprise that had survived the most difficult times and ushered in rapid development.
Shenchuan has developed without forgetting its original intention, but has maintained low prices to reward consumers, which is particularly rare.
When some media saw the product, they all praised the company, so they just praised Lu Shan, and even Wu Jun was praised as well.
I felt a little embarrassed after praising Wu Jun so much, so I just persisted a little longer and waited for Lu Shan.
It's not about having a unique vision or being able to endure. There's nothing I can do about it.
One of his subordinates was very capable and said that Wu Jun was able to go against all odds and cooperate with Lu Shan, and even went against all odds and separated with Lu Shan. This courage and vision were truly unmatched, and Lian Xiang could not do it.
When Wu Jun heard this, he thought it made sense!
Immediately, this capable person was transferred to the marketing department, as it was a waste of talent to keep him doing administrative clerk work.
As soon as the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences spoke, everyone understood what it meant: Lu Shan could not move, Ze Meng could not move, and the divine ship could not move!
The result of the ruling was that Microsoft lost the case because Cocoa Assistant is a tool. It has no personal will and can only obey orders. It does not even have the ability to discuss. Such a tool has no ability to assist at all.
Furthermore, the development of this tool itself is legal, and what it does depends on the user and has nothing to do with the developer.
Everything is based on the law, which is written in the judgment.
From a moral and legal perspective, it is recommended that relevant departments step up their efforts to crack down on piracy, but this is not the content of this trial.
If Microsoft wants to sue, it can sue those users who used Coco Assistant to download pirated software. It can sue them one by one or a group of people. As long as there is a clear list, the court will accept the case.
You can also sue the pirated website.
Microsoft was dumbfounded. Piracy was too common in China. How many companies could it sue?
I have sued everyone and offended everyone. I have no chance to stay in Xia Country anymore.
Piracy is not only common in Xia Country, it is also common in other countries. Microsoft has never sued ordinary people who use pirated products in other countries. It would be too offensive to sue Xia Country first.
In short, Zemeng Company and Shenchuan Company do not need to bear any responsibility for the users' behavior!
After the verdict came out, people all over the Internet cheered loudly, saying that the relevant departments did a great job.
This is first of all related to one's own interests. If Microsoft wins, and the state issues some policy to completely ban pirated Windows systems, how will everyone live in the future?
Although the country still does not recognize piracy, is determined to crack down on pirated websites, and says it supports Microsoft in defending its rights, how does it do it?
As long as Microsoft sues me, the worst that can happen is that I will dismantle the computer, uninstall and delete the system, and then just deny it.
The Xia people have no psychological burden on Westerners. In the past, Westerners came to Xia and burned, killed and looted. There is no need to be too pedantic towards the robbers.
After Coco Assistant was judged not to be illegal, more potential buyers who were waiting and watching were able to purchase the magic ship with confidence.
In addition, there are a large number of people who use other brands of computers and boldly download the weakened version of Coco Assistant.
The number of downloads of Coco Assistant has skyrocketed again, forcing Ze Meng to upgrade the server, otherwise it would really crash!
"The server's operating method is a bit outdated. The hardware performance such as the motherboard cannot match the new system. It is best to update it with new materials." Lu Shan looked at the server upgrade and shook his head subconsciously.
He is very dissatisfied that the diffusion and application of new materials in manufacturing is still too slow.
But Lu Shan also understood that Xia Kingdom had lagged behind for a long time, like a heavy cart. It would definitely be slow at the beginning, but it would get faster as it ran.
The number of downloads of Coco Assistant increased dramatically, the orders for Shenchuan increased dramatically, but Lianxiang received a lot of bad reviews.
Netizens mocked Lianxiang on various platforms. If Lianxiang’s official website had not closed the comment function, Lenovo’s official website would have probably been shut down by the outage.
"Using some tricks? It won't work!"
"I heard that Lianxiang also found someone to put pressure on us. It's so despicable. These people are definitely not from Xia Country!"
"That's not true. The children of Lianxiang's major shareholders have all gone abroad, and their assets are also being transferred out. They all have houses, cars, and investments abroad. That's a hard condition for immigration!"
"It's so satisfying to see Lian Xiang get humiliated! It's disgusting to see him teaching others from a moral high ground!"
(End of this chapter)
