my return 2002

Chapter 292 The era of zero-cost plagiarism is gone forever
"Hey, Shen Lang is here too?"

"Damn it, it's wonderful. The two big bosses are directly going to court. This is a good show."

A commercial vehicle stopped at the gate of the court, and the group of people who got out of the vehicle immediately attracted the attention of a large group of reporters.

Brother Xiao Ma looked across the crowd with a dark face, took a deep look at Shen Lang who was walking in the front, and then snorted coldly. Penguin's legal officer pushed aside the reporter and walked towards the court without looking back.

Seeing that Brother Xiao Ma had already entered the court, the reporters immediately surrounded Shen Lang and his party if they couldn't get in.

"Mr. Shen, what do you think of today's lawsuit?"

Shen Lang's faint smile revealed incomparable confidence: "I believe that the law will definitely give us and the public a satisfactory verdict."

"Shen Lang, Penguin has never admitted plagiarism, have you found enough evidence?"

Shen Lang shrugged: "Whether the evidence is sufficient or not depends on the judicial department, but we have indeed obtained the evidence of plagiarism in QQ Farm, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain!"

The reason why such heavy news is released is to build momentum on the one hand, and to put pressure on Penguins on the other hand. In the Internet age, the speed of communication of consultation is enough for a hot event to spread throughout the entire network within a few minutes. This is also the reason why traditional media gradually decline. s reason.

The reporters at the scene were also a little dizzy from being bombed by such a blockbuster, and all of them were boiling, and began to ask what evidence Shen Lang had.

However, it was soon separated by the legal affairs of Zhulang Technology.

Shen Lang and his party struggled to enter the gate of the court against the siege of reporters, and the world was finally clean.

Before the trial time came, a lawyer under his command came up to Jiang Bo and said a few words. Jiang Bo's expression became ugly, he took out his laptop, and started to log on to the Internet.

Brother Ma asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Bo glanced at it, and turned the computer screen to brother Ma, who became even more ugly when he saw it.

"How much do you think Shen Lang said is true?"

Jiang Bo hesitated for a moment: "It's hard to say that it's not to put pressure on us, but we have to prepare for the worst."

Brother Xiaoma nodded gloomily. Based on his understanding of Shen Lang, this guy always makes plans before acting. Now that he has come to this point, there must be an ambush in advance.

"Why don't I try it first?" Jiang Bo suggested.

Brother Xiao Ma thought for a while, then shook his head: "Forget it, we have already reached this point, and it is inevitable to go to court, there is no need to weaken your momentum now."

Jiang Bo thought so, took a deep breath, straightened his suit, and began to go through all the plans of the legal department these days. He had a premonition that perhaps this would be the last time in his career. An important lawsuit.

Finally, when the time came, Xiao Ma and Shen Lang each led their teams into the courtroom. Their gazes intertwined in the air, and then they turned their heads in distaste.

After the court session, both parties took their seats, and after confirming that all three parties were present, they entered the trial preparation stage.

The three parties involved are Shen Lang as the plaintiff, the CEO of Pengda Technology as the principal defendant, and Penguin as the joint defendant.

"Since none of the three parties filed an application for recusal, let me summarize some of the disputes among the three parties."

"The plaintiff, Zhulang Technology, believes that Pengda Technology copied its YY farm products to make illegal profits, and the amount is particularly huge, and proposes the following three requirements."

"The plaintiff, Zhulang Technology, believes that Penguin instigated employees to resign, under the banner of starting a business, plagiarized competitors' products, and provided them with traffic, monetization methods, etc. to conduct unfair competition and illegal profit. The following three requirements."

Regarding Shen Lang's accusation, Xiao Ma and Pengda Technology naturally refused to admit it, so the two sides started a court debate.

The legal affairs of Pengda Technology jumped out first.

"The plaintiff has no evidence to show that the QQ farm we produced copied YY farm, but spread our plagiarized public opinion on the Internet, causing serious damage to our reputation. We reserve the right to trace back."

Shen Lang and Wang Xing looked at each other and smiled, and the lawyer of Zhulang Technology stood up, took out a stack of thick documents, and handed them to the court.

"Here is the comparison data of all the source codes of YY Farm and QQ Farm compiled by us. The areas marked in yellow in these materials are all evidence that QQ Farm directly moved the codes of YY Farm on a large scale, and the areas marked in red are YY. During the production process of the farm, there were some codes with bugs, and all these bugs were copied by Pengda Technology to its work QQ Farm.”

"These evidences are enough to prove that Pengda Technology is not what they say, it's just similarities and references in ideas, but malicious plagiarism in expression!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Pengda Technology's people turned pale.

Brother Xiao Ma saw those extremely eye-catching code files, and his face was blackened into the bottom of the pot. He still can't memorize this pot. He was the one who asked the people of Pengda Technology to produce a QQ within a month. The farm came out, but now it was caught on the spot.

Jiang Bo's face was also extremely ugly. The plan they made at the beginning was to make a fuss about ideas and expressions, and secretly changed concepts. The result is now that they were exposed on the spot, and they have completely fallen into a passive position.

"These idiots didn't even discover the bug!" Brother Ma cursed inwardly.

Shen Lang and Wang Xing looked at each other, and secretly smiled inwardly. These small bugs that did not affect the operation were actually explained by Shen Lang on purpose, in order to be able to produce conclusive evidence today.

The codes must be similar, and you can argue that it is a coincidence, but you even have the same bug, so you can’t say it’s a tacit understanding, right?
"The first defendant, Pengda Technology, do you have anything to add?"

Everyone in Pengda Technology lowered their heads one by one, wishing they could find a crack in the ground and get in.

This is not over yet, Zhulang Technology's legal affairs once again reached into the briefcase and took out a new piece of evidence from it.

"This is some of the revenue data of Pengda Technology that we have collected. These evidences are sufficient to prove that Pengda Technology has maliciously and illegally made profits through plagiarism, and the amount is particularly huge."

When the evidence was circulated to everyone in Pengda Technology, they all seemed to have seen a ghost, because the above revenue data was exactly the same as the data they saw internally. Obviously, these data flowed out of their company .

The legal affairs of Zhulang Technology added again.

"There are not only the records of Pengda Technology handing over profits to Penguin, but also the records of Penguin appropriating funds to Penguin Technology as research and development expenses. These records are sufficient to prove that Pengda Technology is a hidden subsidiary of Penguin, and the two parties have a very close relationship. Mutual interest, not irrelevance as they claim!"

Now Brother Xiao Ma couldn't sit still anymore, and quickly discussed countermeasures with Jiang Bo with a dark face.

"How to do?"

Jiang Bo was also a little panicked. He never thought that the other party could get such evidence. Obviously, he had placed an eyeliner on Pengda, and he couldn't help cursing inwardly.

"First defendant, second defendant, do you have anything to say?"

Jiang Bo originally tried to defend himself by questioning the origin of the other party's evidence, but after thinking about it, if the other party can get the evidence, there must be witnesses.

Jiang Bo knew in his heart that at this point in the lawsuit, they had lost the capital to fight, so they could only whisper to Brother Xiaoma.

"Now there are only two ways, either to reconcile with the other party, or to kill Ma Di with tears!"

Brother Xiao Ma looked at Shen Lang, who was always calm and calm, then turned to Pengda Technology and the others, and finally nodded with a gloomy expression.

Such cases will basically not be pronounced in court, but everyone knows the result.

When he came out of the court, Brother Xiaoma paused and waited until Shen Lang approached.

"Mr. Shen, is there really no room for reconciliation?"

Shen Lang suddenly smiled, and then asked a question.

"If I change places, will Ma always let me go?"

Brother Xiao Ma didn't say anything, turned around and left with big strides, maybe he was thinking about something, when he reached the last two steps, he almost tripped under his feet, and this scene happened to be photographed by the reporter who had been squatting all the time .

Brother Xiao Ma kept his face dark all the time and did not accept any interviews from reporters. He got into the commercial vehicle and never showed up again.

Helpless, the reporters had no choice but to point all their questions at Shen Lang.

"Mr. Shen, may I ask if you are sure of winning today's trial?"

Shen Lang shrugged: "Let's see the result, I believe that the law will definitely stand on the side of justice in the end!"

The reporters instantly understood that anyone who dared to say this would win, otherwise wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

"Mr. Shen, everyone knows that you have filed a compensation of 1.5 million against Penguin and Pengda Technology. This has broken the record of compensation for plagiarism and infringement. It is just a web game. Is it really worth so much money?"

Shen Lang's face was serious, and he said righteously: "Creativity is priceless. The reason why we proposed such a high infringement compensation this time is to fight for our own legal rights, and on the other hand, it is also to give those who maliciously plagiarize and do not want to make progress This is a warning to enterprises, letting them know that the era of zero-cost and low-cost plagiarism is gone forever, and only innovation is king!"

After finishing speaking, Shen Lang didn't answer the reporter's questions any more, got into the commercial vehicle under the escort of the bodyguards, and walked away.

But even so, it is enough for these reporters to play freely.

So, soon, relevant reports about the trial appeared on the Internet.

What's more interesting is that many media have chosen the picture of Brother Xiao Ma who almost stumbled as the cover picture.

Some media also deliberately analyzed the reason why Xiao Ma almost fell, and some media even used "Little Ma's step on the ground indicates that the penguin is about to fall into the bottomless abyss" as the headline.

The article is naturally exaggerated, as if Penguin will go bankrupt tomorrow.

However, judging from most media articles, everyone agrees that the probability of Penguin losing this lawsuit is extremely high.

Whether it's Xiao Ma who kept his face dark throughout the whole process and refused to accept the interview, or Shen Lang's high-profile "victory declaration", it can reflect the confidence of both sides, and now Xiao Ma has lost in this area.

"I knew YY would definitely win. QQ Farm plagiarism is too obvious. You can update whatever others update. Isn't this just a raffle?"

"I'm afraid the people upstairs don't know whether QQ hall, QQ game hall, or QQ is not plagiarism? Is it okay in the end? Let's wait for the verdict to avoid being slapped in the face!"

"I want to praise Shen Lang's statement. In recent years, domestic Internet companies have become more and more inferior. All kinds of plagiarism, especially online games, no matter what type of game becomes popular, there will be a wave of follow suit. The atmosphere is to kill well!"

"Shen Lang must be supported. Penguin relies on its high traffic volume to do whatever is popular. If everyone is like this, how can those innovative small companies have room to survive?"

Under the storm of public opinion, Penguin's stock price fell sharply, falling by more than 6% in a single day, and its market value evaporated as much as 3 million US dollars. This made many investors who held a large number of Penguin stocks furious.

There was even a news inside Penguin that Brother Ma was leaving the CEO position. Although Penguin soon clarified, it still gave people a sense of sight that the rain is about to come.

Three days later, a message spread within Penguin that a certain executive took advantage of his position to accept bribes and voluntarily surrendered, and Pengda Technology and QQ Farm were involved.

Once this news was exposed, it immediately caused an uproar, and netizens ate melons one after another.

When Shen Lang heard the news, he was also a little surprised.

"As expected of Brother Ma, you are really decisive." Wang Xing was a little depressed about not being able to catch all the penguins.

Shen Lang played with the teacup, and a sneer flashed in his eyes: "Dock your tail to survive? Okay, then eat your tail first, gradually nibble away, and see how long you can last!"

After about a month, the verdict came down, and it was almost as expected by Shen Lang. Several executives of the first defendant, Pengda Technology, all entered because of commercial bribery, and QQ Farm was ordered to close down.

Secondly, it was determined that Pengda Technology should compensate Zhulang Technology for the infringement fee of 5807 million yuan, and an apology was published in the newspaper.

Penguin, on the other hand, is jointly and severally liable, compensating Zhulang Technology for 360 million yuan, and published an apology in the newspaper, but the content of the apology is not an infringement, but a lack of supervision as a platform.

But even so, it is enough for Penguin to drink a pot. The shutdown of QQ Farm has caused a large number of players to blast Penguin's official website directly. Some players even joined forces to go to QQ games, and QQ Hall swiped the screen. The impact is very bad. He said that the QQ farm players trained during this period were also handed over to YY.

Even with QQ, the number of simultaneous online users fell to 1500 million again, while on the contrary, the number of simultaneous online users of YY increased to 1000 million.

Moreover, Xiao Ma's behavior of beating Ma Di with tears also caused Penguin executives to feel sad and sad, and there was even a wave of executive resignations. , Especially some emerging projects, no one wants to do it at all.

In addition to these visible losses, what is even more terrible is the invisible reputation loss. Although Penguin's plagiarism was not recognized in the verdict, in the eyes of netizens, this behavior is even worse than admitting plagiarism and apologizing.

Because admitting plagiarism may change, and Penguin never thought about changing it!
(End of this chapter)