Reboot 2003

Chapter 171 079: Lei Shidong
At the beginning of December, the galaxy browser, a project that was not very eye-catching, suddenly underwent a qualitative change. Before that, the most popular software in the galaxy software was the galaxy input method and streaming media player. The popularity of the browser was very ordinary. After all, this Web pages in the 12s generally did not take up much memory, and the IE browser was still the mainstream.

However, with the increase of streaming media content, the fast browser with webkit core seems to usher in a wave of traffic increase.

At the same time, Galaxy Browser launched the about:blank feature in version 3.0 at the end of October.

This is the new tab page feature.

At first, this small innovation was not particularly noticeable. After all, browser tabs have already appeared, but on the user’s side, clicking the + sign will appear a brand new tab, and it will be replaced when you open a new page. Very interesting new feature.

It spread rapidly—unlike ordinary content service software, the current IE browser is still the mainstream, and most people who use third-party browsers are forced to do things and are sensitive to technology and ease of use.

This new feature not only tripled the downloads of Galaxy Browser in two months, but also seems to have ushered in a large group of foreign users.

On December 12st, Galaxy Family Barrel launched a foreign language version. Although there was no promotion, the popularity of the browser was still very hot.

And the browser market took notice of this new entrant, and discovered two strange things at the same time...

The first is that it's completely free, but it does work commercially.

The second is that it has registered a patent. This time, the about:blank function was officially launched after the preliminary examination of the patent right was completed.Other browser organizations applied for licenses from Galaxy Software, and the answer they received was that Galaxy Browser will launch a foreign language version on December 12. In order to cooperate with the company's business plan, please wait a month before using this technology.

Just at this time, two other news appeared at the same time, which coincided with this incident.

Santiago seems to have a domain name dispute with the emerging social networking site Facebook, and the getaien he founded in Silicon Valley caused a copyright commotion, and the office was about to be smashed by the copyright owner.

then……

Copyright thieves, patent disputes, domain name speculators.

It can't be said that it is the label that the people of Meijian hate the most, but two such labels on the average person can make most Meijian companies roll their eyes with anger.

And when these causes and consequences come together, it seems that there will be some kind of stress response on the social level...

In other words, you will be punished.

Emerging University Social Network: theFacebook Suspected of Domain Name Blackmail

"Third-Party Technology Provider: Xiangjiang Santiago Is Deep in Copyright Disputes"

"Internet Thieves From China Make Their Marks in Silicon Valley"

Different voices clearly come from different interested parties, such as Getaien's copyright model... Meilijian's content company is of course annoyed by copyright thieves, but they are more worried about the copyright operation model behind this website.

Another example is the browser tab page - of course, innovation is very good, and no one will oppose innovation, but after all, the browser is a track with a lot of historical factors. At this stage, browsers are basically open source projects. Most browser projects do not carry out patent operations. Although the galaxy browser has some functional innovations, it uses other people's browser kernels. It is not suitable for commercial use.

And the good news reporter also found a lot of evidence that China's copyright management is chaotic, saying that China is a country that does not pay attention to the spirit of intellectual property rights. For example, Ma Huateng of Tencent Group actually registered in China in 2001. Invented the tab page function, this time Galaxy Software is also a software company that steals various open source copyrights, and now it uses patents to blackmail other open source projects, which is really annoying.

Of course, even so, these criticisms are still at a level that can be ignored, but with the entry of big names, the situation gradually began to change.

"In recent years, the problem of piracy has gradually become rampant. The piracy losses of Meilijian content and software companies have reached 69 billion yuan. 90% of the content on the Internet is pirated, and 10 billion songs are illegally shared every month."

"I agree that Internet media will bring about revolutionary changes, but Internet companies at this stage are disrupting our market order. According to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, I think websites should undertake the obligation to maintain the order of intellectual property rights..."

Although the words are all the words of the car, the person who speaks is not ordinary.

Media emperor, TV tycoon, most successful entrepreneur, father of "Titanic"... Lei Shidong.

It's not mc's translation error, it's the president of Viacom, "Content is king"...Think it's Gates?In fact, it was he who said it first.

It seems that Lei Shidong briefly commented on the current piracy phenomenon in an interview, and did not name Getai en, but it seems to be quite similar anyway.

This interview seems to have finally made some relevant parties unbearable - in the media field, the influence of a giant crocodile of Redstone's level is comparable to that of some medium-sized heads of state. The superior leader called Sun Xiaomei to ask what was going on, and Zhang Tong from Google Tianzhao also went to Galaxy Software to ask her:

"Mr. Sun, what are you going to do? You know that the UGC model naturally has this kind of disadvantage. Now that you are going to develop into Meijian, have you thought about the consequences?..."

Sun Xiaomei was a little puzzled, it's not my business, why are you all looking for me?
However, she still told Chen Qin about this, and she herself was also paying attention to the situation on Meilijian, and asked Chen Qin: "Boss, Meilijian is a case law country after all. If public opinion is not good for us, after going to court If we can’t win, the future situation will be like a domino falling against us. Now that we are in such a passive situation, shouldn’t we think of a way?”

The truth is very clear, presumably it was Zhang Tong who told her.

However, Chen Qin also understands a little bit about the situation Sun Xiaomei said - China lacks the foundation of the traditional entertainment industry, so the cake from the new Internet platform to traditional media is relatively small, but in Meilijian, the situation is obviously different up.

In the previous life, YouTube was relatively low-key, and it took two years to directly join the giant. Chen Qin and Warner had old grievances, and because of their relationship with Google, they caught up with the cusp of the industry. side risk.

"What else did Zhang Tong say?"

"How do you know that Zhang Tong told me this?" Sun Xiaomei immediately replied, "He just said that we should be careful in our words and deeds."

"The business has started. Recently, the number of new users has been more than that of Shuixie Getai. It is not worth giving up now." Chen Qin replied by email.

Sun Xiaomei asked: "Why don't we ask our PR to reply? Although they have no experience in operating public opinion in Meilijian, I think they should be able to explain."

"No need." Chen Qin replied, "I will come by myself. Lei Shidong, right? There are not many opportunities to quarrel with Lei Shidong. You send me the account of Kuaibo.com..."

(End of this chapter)