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"Wait for me, when I go to the company, call the lawyer from the company's legal department, tell the lawyers about the situation first, and let them consider countermeasures. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Lin Zheng's answer was unusually simple: "Don't worry, the situation is not so bad." ”

"Okay." Perhaps it was Lin Zheng's answer that gave Benier confidence, and he was obviously relieved.

"Something's wrong?" As soon as she hung up the phone, Tan Na came over to ask Lin Zheng, and she noticed that Lin Zheng's face was not very good-looking.

Lin Zheng never hid the company's affairs from Tan Na, nodded and said, "The American Recording Industry Association...... It's the Recording Industry Association of America that is ready to sue us. ”

"The Recording Industry Association of America sued us? Why? Tan Na's eyes widened in surprise: "Do we have an intersection with them?" ”

"Yes, that icqmusicplayer," Lin Zheng said with a smile: "The American Recording Industry Association believes that icqmusicplayer has exacerbated the spread of pirated music on the Internet, adversely affected the development of the American record industry, infringed on the interests of creators and singers, and violated the American Home Recording Act of 1992...... Don't look at me like that, I don't know what this 'American Home Recording Act of 1992' is...... In short, to put it bluntly, compensate them, and cancel the installation of icqmusicplayer on computers and any electronic devices, and that's probably it. ”

~ "Is it troublesome?" Tan Na asked worriedly: "The United States is a country that is very strict about copyright protection, and I heard that what they said is very reasonable." ”

"That's true, but the good thing about American law is that if you have the money, you can get a good lawyer. You can always let the law serve you," Lin Zheng hugged Tan Na hard. With a relaxed smile on his face: "Don't worry, no matter how serious the situation is, it won't be serious." The Internet is the trend of the future, and even the record industry cannot go against the trend, and we know this, and the US government knows that there will always be a solution to the problem. ”

"Really?" Tan Na raised her head and looked at Lin Zheng, wanting to get a positive answer from Lin Zheng's face.

Lin Zheng nodded vigorously: "Believe me, just look at how much attention the U.S. government has attached to the development of the Internet over the years, you can imagine it...... Taking 10,000 steps back, it's just that ICQ has lost an audio player. It will not have any adverse impact on the development of ICQ, do you say that is true? ”

“…… Really. ”

Tan Na, who was sued by a country's industry association for the first time, didn't react for a while, and habitually thought about the nature of the problem very seriously, and as a result, she scared herself, and now she looks back and thinks about it carefully, indeed, so far, the weight in ICQ's product series is actually the lightest one, even if it is the worst situation, the Los Angeles federal court sided with the American Recording Industry Association, and ruled that ICQ was canceled as nothing more than the loss of such a player, and at most lost some money, It's not a big deal at all.

Figured this out. The expression on Tanna's face suddenly relaxed a lot.

When Lin Zheng and Tan Na arrived at the ICQ headquarters, the atmosphere in the conference room was very solemn. Except for the lawyer, everyone's faces were dark.

Lin Zheng didn't say much. I didn't deliberately do anything to relax everyone's mood, ICQ's salary level is not the highest but also high, since you have a high salary, you must have the ability to work and work under pressure to match.

Sitting down in the middle seat, Lin Zheng's opening remarks were very simple: "I believe everyone already knows the situation, the American Recording Industry Association believes that icqMusicplayer threatens the development of the American record industry and harms the interests of singers and creators, and everyone's faces have told me the seriousness of this matter, and now, Mr. Ariston, tell you the judgment of your legal department." ”

Ariston is the group's chief legal officer, and at this time, of course, he has the most say.

Ariston coughed lightly: "After discussion, the legal department believes that although the situation is very serious, it is not as serious as everyone imagined...... Of course, in such a big lawsuit, the other party will definitely hire a barrister in the field of copyright, which is not a job that the legal department can do. ”

"Does that mean the group is going to hire a barrister in this area from now on?" Lin Zheng stared at Ariston and asked.

Ariston nodded, "That's right. ”

"Okay, you're an expert in this area, and you're in charge of this matter," Lin Zheng nodded and looked around: "What else do you have to say?" ”

As soon as Lin Zheng's words fell, CEO assistant Nadella said: "Boss, now that ICQ is about to go public, can we ......?"

"Do you mean that we can seek a rapprochement with the RIA and minimize the stimulus of this negative press for ICQ's listing?" Without waiting for Nadella to finish speaking, Lin Zheng directly interrupted him.

“…… Yes. Although he could hear the unhappiness in his boss's words, he hesitated, but Nadella nodded.

Staring at Nadella, Lin Zheng asked rhetorically: "OK, there is a question: ICQ has not launched ICQLiPlayer for a day or two, why didn't the American Recording Industry Association sue us sooner or later, but chose ICQ to have 2 days to fight a lawsuit with us before the official launch?" ”

"This ......" Nadella was out of words.

No need for Lin Zheng to ask, everyone can understand why the American Recording Industry Association chose this time, because ICQ is bound to be listed, no one will doubt this, whether the American Recording Industry Association has a lawsuit with ICQ before, or a lawsuit after ICQ is officially listed, it cannot seek the greatest interests for them, and now this point in time is precisely the biggest weakness of ICQ.

"I think you've already thought that the Recording Industry Association of America is playing this idea, whether we go public in 1998 or in 1999, they will definitely choose this time, it's the same for us, if we compromise with the Recording Industry Association at this time, how much price does ICQ have to pay?"

Snorted, Lin Zheng's tone was resolute and uncompromising: "I believe that the American Recording Industry Association has been planning this plan for more than a day or two, and it is definitely not millions of dollars that can satisfy their appetites, why should I compromise with them?" With such a large sum of money, we are not much better to spend on ourselves than on such a bunch of bastards? At least for everyone, everyone will still say that I am a good boss, right? But what about those fat-brained bastards? Nine times out of ten, they'll call me 'stupid!' ’。 ”

Although the atmosphere in the conference room was very solemn, Lin Zheng's voice fell, although he knew that the boss could not really give such a large sum of money to himself, everyone still laughed: But isn't it, even this "good appetite" of the American Recording Industry Association can't agree to their conditions, how good is it for us to share such a large sum of money, why should we share it with others?

"Okay," Lin Zheng also smiled, and after laughing for a while, he waved his hand: "Now let's go back to the original topic: what I want to ask you is, will this lawsuit from the Recording Industry Association of America really have such a big impact on the stock price of ICQ as you and our friends at RIAA think?" ”

"This ......"

We didn't think about this question carefully before, but now that we were asked by the boss, after thinking about it carefully, everyone was stunned: yes, even the most serious consequence is nothing more than the removal of the ICQLiSinger project, ICQ will hardly be affected too much, in this case, how much impact can the lawsuit with the American Recording Industry Association have on ICQ's listing?

The impact is certainly there, but it's not as serious as I thought. Even if there is a slight impact in the short term, it will not have any impact on the long-term benefits of ICQ, and from this point of view, it is scaring itself.

Are you scaring yourself? Realizing this, the faces of the high-ranking officials suddenly turned red, but their hearts suddenly relaxed: it is good that the situation is not so serious.

"On the contrary, I think it's actually a good thing for us that the Recording Industry Association of America is jumping out at this time."

Lin Zheng's words were shocking, and everyone was frightened: even if the seriousness of this lawsuit with the American Recording Industry Association is not as serious as previously thought, it is not a good thing after all, how can it become a good thing in the mouth of the boss?

Benier's eyes lit up!

He immediately proved to everyone in this room why he could be the CEO of ICQ and not anyone else in the room: "You mean, we can use this lawsuit with the Recording Industry Association of America to advertise ICQ?" ”

Lin Zheng nodded, and shook his head again: "There is a reason for this, but this is not the point, does ICQ still need to advertise now?" ”

Everyone burst into laughter! Isn't it, does ICQ still need to advertise to promote its popularity? There is no need for this at all.

Looking at the crowd, Lin Zheng said proudly: "I mean, why don't we take this opportunity to build ICQ into a spiritual symbol and representative of the Internet era that rebels against authority and advocates the spirit of freedom?" (To be continued......) r1292

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