What problem does QQ coral error report?

Coral Polyps was sued by Tencent for infringement, and it was all over the news

On the afternoon of December 19, according to the relevant person in charge of Tencent, it was confirmed that the Coral Polyps version that has caused heated discussions recently The QQ infringement case was heard in Nanshan District Court of Shenzhen today, but the verdict was not announced in court.

Previously, some legal persons believed that if Tencent accused the author of Coral Polyps, Chen Shoufu, of making illegal profits by bundling and producing Coral Polyps QQ, Chen Shoufu might be sentenced to 1 to 7 years in prison.

The origin of this incident was that in August 2007, Tencent and the Shenzhen police forces arrested the author of Coral Polyps, Chen Shoufu, from Beijing and returned him to Shenzhen, and the Coral Polyps website was shut down. In December 2007, Chen Shoufu's lawyer received notice that the case would be heard at the Nanshan District Court in Shenzhen on December 19.

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 poses user security risks.

The Coral QQ infringement case has also attracted the attention of industry insiders. Currently, there are many third-party software versions of Tencent QQ circulating in the outside world. In addition to coral polyps, there are also Piaoyun, Kuangren, Chuanmei, Ares, Happy Promise, Haifeng, Weiya, Yulin Mufeng, etc. Some commentators believe that if Chen Shoufu loses the case in this court hearing, it means that the plug-in QQ will face a complete defeat.

Shanghai lawyer You Yunting, who has been paying attention to the matter for a long time, pointed out that the outcome of the trial may not be optimistic, but he still insists that Chen Shoufu is only a civil infringement and not a criminal offense. He once wrote an article on Sina Blog and pointed out that copying works for profit only constitutes a criminal offense if it reaches a certain level. Chen Shoufu's behavior is an infringement of modifying other people's works and is only a civil case.

The latest news from Tencent shows that the case is still in the trial stage. Evidence was exchanged in court today and some related procedures were followed, but the verdict was not pronounced in court. You Yunting 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 hearing, saying that this information will be announced by the court. "There is currently no key progress. All progress and results will be subject to the court. It is inconvenient for us to comment." The above-mentioned relevant person in charge of Tencent told Sina Technology.

According to another source, Tencent once provided a download page for the Coral version of the QQ client on the company's website in 2006, but now the page has been deleted. This may reflect that Tencent has experienced a change from encouragement to suppression of the coral version of QQ.

Before the deadline, the Coral Coral website only displayed one sentence: "9:30 am on the 19th, Nanshan Court", and did not disclose the latest progress of the case. (Macheng)

Background of the incident:

In 2001, Chen Shoufu, a teacher at the Computing Center of Beijing Institute of Technology, launched the coral version of QQ;

In November 2002, Chen Shoufu Shoufu once issued a statement saying that it would stop updating and distributing the coral version of QQ, but it started updating the coral version of QQ again after 2003;

On August 20, 2006, Tencent filed a lawsuit against Chen Shoufu, the author of the coral version of QQ. Litigation;

On December 20, 2006, the Beijing Haidian District People's Court ruled that Tencent won the lawsuit against Coral QQ for copyright infringement, and the software author Chen Shoufu was ordered to compensate Tencent for economic losses of 100,000 yuan;

On September 8, 2007, Shenzhen TV broadcasted "Corals on Fire" which stated that the software author Chen Shoufu had been detained by the local Public Security Bureau. (Sina Technology)