On the afternoon of 65438+February 19, according to the relevant person in charge of Tencent, the recently hotly debated coral version of QQ infringement case was heard in Shenzhen Nanshan District Court today, but the result was not pronounced in court.
Earlier, some legal people believed that if Tencent accused Chen Shoufu, the author of Coral, of illegally profiting by bundling Coral QQ, Chen Shoufu might be sentenced to 1 to 7 years in prison.
The origin of the incident was that in August 2007, Tencent and Shenzhen police forces arrested Chen Shoufu, the author of Coral, and Coral's website was shut down. On June 5438+February 2007, Chen Shoufu's lawyer was informed that the case would be heard in Shenzhen Nanshan District Court on June 5438+February 65438+September.
Tencent emphasized that the legitimate rights and interests of users and enterprises should be protected by law. Coral QQ is not only an infringing product that infringes Tencent's copyright, but also brings hidden dangers to users.
Coral version of QQ infringement case is also deeply concerned by the industry. At present, there are many versions of Tencent QQ third-party software circulating outside. In addition to coral, there are clouds, lunatics, Chuanmei, Ares, boundless happiness, sea breeze, Weiya, rainforest wood wind and so on. Some commentators believe that if Chen Shoufu loses this trial, it means that external QQ will face a complete rout.
Especially, a Shanghai lawyer who has been paying attention to this matter for a long time pointed out that the trial result may not be optimistic, but he still insisted that Chen Shoufu was only a civil tort, not a criminal offence. He once wrote on Sina blog that it is a criminal offence to copy a work to a certain standard for profit, and Chen Shoufu's behavior belongs to the infringement of modifying other people's works, which is only a civil case.
The latest news from Tencent shows that the case is still in the trial stage. Today, the court exchanged evidence and went through some relevant procedures, but there was no verdict in court. You Tingyun said that criminal cases may also be pronounced in court, but there are not many such examples.
Tencent also did not disclose the time of the second trial, saying that this information will be announced by the court. "There is no key progress at present, and all progress and results are subject to the court. We can't comment. " The relevant person in charge of Tencent told Sina Technology.
According to another source, Tencent provided a download page of coral QQ client on the company website in 2006, and now the page has been deleted. This may reflect that Tencent has experienced a shift from encouraging to suppressing the coral version of QQ.
Before the deadline, the website of Coral only displayed the words "Nanshan Court 19 at 9: 30 am", but did not disclose the latest progress of the case. (Macheng)
Event background:
200 1 Chen Shoufu, a teacher of Beijing institute of technology's computing center, launched the coral version of QQ;
On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2002, Chen Shoufu issued a statement saying that he would stop updating and spreading the coral version of QQ, but he started updating the coral version of QQ again after 2003.
On August 20th, 2006, Tencent filed a lawsuit against Chen Shoufu, the author of Coral QQ.
On February 20, 2006, 65438+, the Haidian District People's Court of Beijing ruled that Tencent Company v. Coral QQ for copyright infringement won the case, and Chen Shoufu, the software author, was awarded compensation of 65438+ 10,000 yuan for the economic loss of Tencent Company.
On September 8, 2007, Chen Shoufu, the author of the software, was taken into custody by the local public security bureau in "Coral Fire Fighting" broadcast by Shenzhen TV Station. (Sina Technology)