Chapter 968: Battle of the Giants 4

THE ISSUE OF GOOGLE'S INFRINGEMENT HAS LONG BEEN DISCUSSED ON THE INTERNET, BUT THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY ALL PARTIES ARE NOT UNANIMOUS.

ON THE ONE HAND, THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY COPYRIGHT ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLISHING HOUSES, WHO BELIEVE THAT GOOGLE'S SCANNING AND INCLUSION BEHAVIOR HAS CAUSED INFRINGEMENT AND DEMAND COMPENSATION FROM GOOGLE, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME NETIZENS BELIEVE THAT GOOGLE HAS NOT CAUSED INFRINGEMENT, AT LEAST SO FAR - YOU MUST KNOW THAT GOOGLE IS ONLY SCANNING AND INCLUDING THOSE WORKS, AND HAS NOT PUBLICLY DISSEMINATED THEM ON THE NETWORK.

SO, GOOGLE'S APPROACH, ALTHOUGH A BIT OF A SUSPICION OF CUTTING FIRST AND THEN - DO YOU DARE TO SAY THAT THE PURPOSE OF THEIR SCANNING IS JUST TO HELP WINNING MANUFACTURERS CREATE MORE CONSUMPTION? They will definitely want to consider putting these scans into their online library projects in the future! This is a typical first boarding and then buying a ticket, of course, if no one pursues after getting on the boat, they will probably evade the ticket.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC ON THE INTERNET, BUT GOOGLE'S HEADQUARTERS FINALLY DECIDED TO HAVE A DIFFICULT BIRTH, AND AFTER STONE REPORTED GAO YANG'S SUGGESTION BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, HE DIDN'T SEE A REPLY FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

IT'S NO WONDER THAT GOOGLE HAS A HARD TIME ANSWERING THIS QUESTION, AFTER ALL, GOOGLE IS A LARGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, AND ANY DECISION MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE GLOBAL IMPACT. For example, if they agree to stop the infringement on the Chinese side this time, then it is inevitable that this project will also be stopped in other countries and regions! The impact is too great.

POOR GOOGLE IS ALSO QUITE POPULAR, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEIR PLAN, IT IS INDEED A BIT OF A TRICK, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO SCAN, AFTER THE INCLUSION OF ALL KINDS OF BOOKS IN CHINA, WAIT UNTIL THE LIBRARY PROJECT OPENS, AND THEN ISSUE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, SO THAT THOSE AUTHORS WHO HAVE INCLUDED IN THE LIBRARY TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO CONTACT GOOGLE, AND THEN NEGOTIATE THE ISSUE OF AUTHORIZATION, AS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT PURSUED, NATURALLY THERE WILL BE NO LICENSING PROBLEM.

ON THE ONE HAND, THIS METHOD CAN INDEED SAVE A LOT OF MONEY, AND AT THE SAME TIME REDUCE A LOT OF TROUBLE - YOU REALLY ASK GOOGLE TO GO TO A PUBLISHING HOUSE AND AN AUTHOR TO CONTACT THE AUTHORIZATION OF EACH BOOK, BUT YOU ARE AFRAID THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH IT IF YOU ARE TIRED - WHEN IT COMES TO LICENSING, THE COMPANY MUST SEND AT LEAST TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO NEGOTIATE, RIGHT? You have to grind your mouth for how much you give, right? More importantly, an authorization can only be completed after at least several contacts and negotiations, so how many manpower and material resources will be required to complete this huge project with millions of books?

Therefore, this practice of first collecting and then authorizing is not actually an unforgivable bad act.

BUT THIS PROBLEM, UNDER THE USE OF PEOPLE WITH INTENTIONS, HAS BEEN DETACHED FROM THE ESSENCE OF THE PROBLEM, COMPLETELY IGNORING HOW MUCH FEASIBILITY OF NEGOTIATING A BOOK AND AN AUTHORIZATION IS, AND THE PEOPLE WILL ONLY SWARM TO ACCUSE GOOGLE OF HAVING A GREAT CAUSE, LOOKING DOWN ON CHINA, AND DELIBERATELY VIOLATING THE LAWS OF CHINA, WHICH IS A VERY HATEFUL BEHAVIOR!

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Putting down today's newspaper, Wu Tian sighed and said, "I'm curious where I found such an elite over there, this level is no longer below Song Xiaoling." ”

"Hehe, you can't learn those tricks all the time, right? How about feeling for yourself how you felt when you bullied others like this? Gao Yang said with a smile.

WU TIAN SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID, "THAT'S IT, LET THEM MAKE TROUBLE, IF GOOGLE DOESN'T SOLVE IT IF IT DELAYS LIKE THIS, LET'S JUST WORK IN VAIN THIS TIME." ”

"That's it, I've never seen someone so ignorant of lifting." Gao Yang said, "It's just right not to toss, it's a waste of time, and it also affects the mood!" ”

Before Gao Yang finished speaking, the mobile phone rang, he slowly took out the mobile phone, looked at the call number, couldn't help frowning, and said, "Stone's phone, isn't this old boy trustworthy?" Hey......"

"Mr. Gao? I'M STONE'S FROM GOOGLE ......" The phone came from Stone's English, followed by the voice of a translator.

"Hehe, hello Mr. Stone." Gao Yang responded with a smile, pressed the voiceover button, and then looked at Wu Tian positively. Gao Yang is also a human spirit, although he can't understand the English spoken by Stone, he can understand Stone's tone, which is quite respectful and flattering, and he can naturally guess what he is going to talk about next.

"Mr. Gao, I'm really sorry, after studying it at our company headquarters, I don't agree with the solution proposed by Mr. Gao...... but Stone said.

Gao Yang frowned, obviously this statement was wrong with his guess.

Wu Tian quickly raised his hand and pressed the mute button, and said, "He's lying to you, tell him that if that's the case, you can't help it." ”

Gao Yang nodded, pressed the mute button again, and said something according to Wu Tian's proposal, expressing regret that he could not continue to cooperate this time.

"Mr. Gao, in fact, I am very much in favor of the plan you proposed, but the problem now is that the company has lost its original confidence in investing in China," Stone hurriedly said, "Therefore, although the company is willing to continue to try to solve the troubles faced by the current branch, it is not willing to invest in China again, which means that the plan you proposed cannot be implemented, after all, it takes money to buy copyrights, and the establishment of a paid browsing system also requires certain development and maintenance costs. The upfront investment is not a small amount......"

It was a bit long from Stone's words, and he muttered for a long time before the translator began to speak. Of course, with Wu Tian's English level, there is no need for translation, so he directly pressed the mute button, and then said to Gao Yang: "They don't want to invest, they just want to wait to see the returns." You tell them that, if they want to, you can introduce them to a partner for the project. IN ADDITION, IF THEY ACCEPT INVESTMENT, YOU CAN ALSO HELP THEM INTRODUCE SOME INVESTORS OF GOOGLE CHINA. ”

When he pressed the mute button again, the translator was able to finish translating the words, Gao Yang made a slight groan, and repeated the words that Wu Tian explained, Stone said that he would report this proposal to the head office for reference, Gao Yang immediately said: "My time is very tight, I hope you can also improve some efficiency!" Don't wait for a decision for so long like this one, or this collaboration will really end here! ”

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IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT A LARGE COMPANY LIKE GOOGLE WILL ABSORB FOREIGN CAPITAL INJECTION, ESPECIALLY ON THE HEAD OFFICE, WHERE NO SHAREHOLDER WANTS OTHERS TO ENCROACH ON THEIR OWN PROFIT DISTRIBUTION.

So, unless you do this through a forced acquisition of outstanding shares, you simply have no way to acquire shares.

However, fortunately, this time it is only an overseas branch, and the situation is slightly better, and some other companies and individuals will be allowed to hold some branch shares. THEREFORE, THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE REJECTED BY GOOGLE.

The next morning, Gao Yang received Stone's reply, the head office agreed to recruit one or two more investors, but the total investment amount of these two investors should not exceed 20% of the company's shares, and the investors must first pass the strict screening and certification of the head office.

SOON, UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF GAOYANG, GOOGLE MET TWO PARTNERS WHO WERE WILLING TO INVEST.

In fact, for foreign-funded companies, there are many prerequisites for entering China, that is, they must accept a certain amount of Chinese funds, sometimes state-owned, sometimes private-owned, and there are not many truly wholly-owned foreign enterprises.

FOR A LARGE COMPANY LIKE GOOGLE, THE TOLERANCE FOR CHINESE INTERVENTION IS NOT HIGH, AND EVEN THEY WOULD RATHER NOT ENTER CHINA THAN ACCEPT CHINESE INTERVENTION, AFTER ALL, LIKE THIS KIND OF LISTED LARGE COMPANY, THE OFFICIAL SUPERVISION OF ITS FUNDS IS VERY STRICT, AND PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHAREHOLDERS.

However, fortunately, the funds involved in it this time cannot be regarded as Chinese-Tiansheng Investment is registered overseas, and another Zhongtian Investment is one of the top five consortia in the world, so there is no need to worry about capital supervision.

SO, AFTER THE INITIAL NEGOTIATIONS, AN INVESTMENT INTENTION WAS INITIALED, AND THEN GOOGLE IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED A PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE PIRACY PROBLEM.

GOOGLE FIRST ISSUED A STATEMENT, SAYING THAT THE WORKS SCANNED AND INCLUDED WERE PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT STEP TO START THE ONLINE LIBRARY PROJECT, BUT DUE TO THE NEED FOR TRADE SECRETS IN THE EARLY STAGE, AS WELL AS THE LACK OF PUBLICITY, AND THE WRONG INFORMATION TRANSMISSION, IT CAUSED A CERTAIN MISUNDERSTANDING. FOR THIS REASON, GOOGLE ISSUED AN ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCING THE PLAN THIS TIME.

FIRST OF ALL, GOOGLE HAS ANNOUNCED THE LIST OF WORKS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ONLINE LIBRARY, AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE WORKS IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, THE PUBLISHER OR THE AUTHOR HIMSELF, CAN CONTACT THE COPYRIGHT TEAM SPECIALLY SET UP BY GOOGLE TO NEGOTIATE COPYRIGHT ISSUES. OF COURSE, IF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER DOES NOT WANT THE WORK TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ONLINE LIBRARY, HE CAN ALSO APPLY FOR IT, AND GOOGLE WILL IMMEDIATELY REMOVE IT FROM THE ONLINE LIBRARY AND DESTROY THE SCANNED COPIES.

GOOGLE THEN ANNOUNCED THE DETAILS OF THE COPYRIGHT RELATED TO THE ONLINE LIBRARY PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDES A TOTAL OF THREE MODELS, THE FIRST IS THAT GOOGLE BUYS OUT THE ONLINE COPYRIGHT OF ITS WORK AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION, AND THEN GOOGLE WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ALL READERS FOR FREE. THE SECOND IS TO NEGOTIATE WITH GOOGLE IN ADVANCE ABOUT THE PURCHASE COST OF THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE BOOK, ACCORDING TO NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THE BOOK WILL BE A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN THE PRICE OF THE PHYSICAL BOOK, PROBABLY MINUS THE COST OF PRINTING, DISTRIBUTION, ETC., ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE PRICE OF THE PHYSICAL BOOK.

THE THIRD IS FOR THOSE BOOKS THAT DO NOT HAVE COPYRIGHT CLAIMS, GOOGLE WILL NOT PUBLISH THE BOOK ON THE NETWORK WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE BOOK IS LISTED ON GOOGLE, AND IF NO ONE HAS REGISTERED THE COPYRIGHT AFTER SIX MONTHS, IT WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE.

When the news came out, public opinion on the Internet and offline suddenly fried again.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THERE ARE STILL MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE REPUTATION OF GOOGLE, AND IT STILL INFRINGES ON THE INTERESTS OF COPYRIGHT OWNERS TO A LARGE EXTENT.

You know, for various reasons, there are many book distributors - those small publishing houses are long gone, and you publish their books, who should be the beneficiary? Furthermore, how can you be sure that all copyright holders can see it? If no one contacts you, you'll release it for free?

One of the most important problems is that once a book is published online, it can easily cause a flood of circulation! An electronic document book, only a few megabytes in size, just copy and paste, and it spreads! Maybe after only one person subscribes, the whole network is full of pirates, which in turn will affect the sales of physical books, who is responsible for the loss?

This is the crux of the matter, and the problem of online piracy is a global problem, not only in China. It's just that in comparison, the Chinese people, who have a weaker sense of copyright, are more willing to spread piracy, and there are even countless selfless devotees who do not even have any utilitarian intentions, and they even think that this is a group of acts of helping others and a group of glorious public welfare undertakings!

IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT ONCE GOOGLE'S DIGITAL LIBRARY IS ESTABLISHED, THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE MANY COUNTERFEIT WEBSITES THAT PIRATE ITS PAID TITLES, AND EVEN SPEND MONEY TO BUY A SAMPLE BOOK FOR PLAGIARISM!

IN THIS REGARD, GOOGLE EXPLAINED THAT GOOGLE WILL BE COMMITTED TO CRACKING DOWN ON PIRACY, WILL DEVELOP BETTER ANTI-PIRACY PROCEDURES, AND CALLED ON NETIZENS TO STRENGTHEN COPYRIGHT AWARENESS, AND CALLED ON RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO CRACK DOWN ON PIRACY AND SO ON......

It's like a thief shouting to catch a thief!

THE COPYRIGHT ASSOCIATION NATURALLY JUMPED OUT AND SHOUTED, SAYING THAT ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION, THEY ASKED GOOGLE TO WITHDRAW ALL Chinese BOOKS PUBLISHED IN CHINA FROM THE BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND MANY NETIZENS WERE CLAMORING FOR THIS, AND THERE WERE EVEN MORE PEOPLE BEHIND IT SECRETLY PROMOTING THE EMOTIONS OF NETIZENS AND ATTACKING GOOGLE, ALMOST TO THE EXTENT THAT EVERYONE SHOUTED AND BEAT IT.

"Gao, I have to question your abilities!" Stone exclaimed angrily.

"What's the panic?" Gao Yang glanced at him with the old god, the posture was very similar to the posture of Wu Tian who asked for help in the morning, "I haven't launched a counterattack yet, let's let them jump for a while." ”

"But if this continues, in less than two days, our company's reputation will be completely finished!" Stone Express.

"It won't take two days, you wait to watch the news tonight, I guarantee that you are satisfied, hehe......" Gao Yang said with a smile. (To be continued.) )