RealPlayer wins Storm video

Washington (reporter Wang Qiuxi) Chinese netizens most commonly used to play one of the software "Storm Audio and Video", by the United States "RealPlayer" to sue for infringement of the use of its program components and on the Internet to provide downloads without authorization. Reporter yesterday from the city of a Chinese academy learned that the court of first instance verdict "Storm audio and video" owner of Beijing Storm Internet Technology Co., Ltd. compensation "RealPlayer" copyright owner of the United States, Rui Digital company 200,000 Yuan.

Plaintiffs in the United States, the U.S. digital company sued that they developed and released the "RealPlayer" Media Player software, the software contains a variety of computer program components, they have "RealPlayer" software and its components of copyright. The "Storm AV" Media player software, without its permission, contains the "RealPlayer" software of the computer program components, but also on its own website to provide storm audio and video software download services, infringement of the U.S. company's copyright.

November 13 last year, the United States Copyright Administration issued three copies of the registration certificate, confirmed that the company is "RealPlayer10.5" and other computer software creators and copyright notice. and "Storm av" website download agreement, said the SOFTWARE product copyright is the storm company all, is the storm company independently developed.

The City One Chinese academy thinks, the United States Copyright Bureau issued "registration certificate" clearly stated that, the company is "RealPlayer" software copyright owner, so its enjoyment of copyright should be protected by China's law. Storm audio and video software includes 68 computer program components with the same name as "RealPlayer" software, and the version attributes of these files are also shown in the copyright by the company. Storm company without the license of the company, in the Storm audio and video software unauthorized use of the copyright "RealPlayer10.5" such as the version of the computer program components and the provision of network download services, infringement of the company enjoys the right to copy the computer software, distribution rights, information network transmission rights, Should bear the civil liability to stop the infringement and compensate the loss. Accordingly, the court ordered the storm company to immediately stop the infringement, in the computer World published a statement, to eliminate the impact and to carry out economic compensation.