Polar route Archie Event: Who is breaking the rules?

A report yesterday morning let the pole route the "large" start-up company at the controversial Exposure center.

reported that the polar route because of shielding video website Archie Art Advertising was sentenced to unfair competition, compensation for 400,000 yuan. After the report was released, this afternoon the polar route responded on Weibo:

"The verdict has not yet entered into force" ...

"Every new technology appears, is a double-edged sword" ...

"What the polar route is doing is giving the option back to the user."

In response to the end of the statement, the polar route slightly sensational said:

"Since the news reports, many users have expressed support for pole routing through media platforms." ”

Frankly, the case of the pole-routed lawsuit is not new, and there have been several cases of "ad shielding" disputes before it. Six months ago, the Cheetah defeated the cool, proud tour by a number of video sites blocked prosecution is not too far. The only difference between a pole route is that it is a hardware company.

Six months ago the Leopard browser lost case public information is not much, but the extreme route of the case (should be first-instance) in the @ Beijing Haidian Court Weibo explained in detail.

1, the Polar branch of the company is a polar route manufacturers and distributors, there is evidence that it is also "shielding video ads" plug-in developers, uploads, pole route for the acquisition of commercial interests, the use of plug-ins directly interfered with the Archie arts business behavior.

2, the Internet era of competition, showing beyond the national boundaries, beyond the characteristics of the industry. In the present, hardware manufacturers can (and in fact have) engaged in software, network services, software, network service vendors can also engage in hardware management. Polar geeks Use the relevant plug-ins and routes to screen Archie video ads, resulting in both commercial interests on the other, so that there is no competition between the two companies formed a competitive relationship.

"Unfair competition" is the result. Although the pole route is a hardware company, it does its own "block video advertising" plug-in and the Cheetah browser approximation, so the verdict is the same. After that, the two counter words are the same: new technology innovation, the choice of the user. But

In the name of the user, real man?

We usually say: "The user is supreme, the user is right." "But the fact is, is the user's choice correct?"

For example, since copyright protection in the past two years to be strict, piracy problem in the present is not a morally negotiable event, the legal principle is not, but "users like." In this case, the video site really gold and silver to buy the copyright, membership fee of more than 10 yuan a month is not expensive, this is the improvement of copyright protection environment. There is no doubt that there is a problem in destroying this fragile biosphere for the benefit of their own business.

The pole route indicates that it has received a lot of users ' approval for this matter, but in fact it is in response to the user, many of the comments are contrary to the Haidian court or facts. It believes that the "masked video ads" plug-in is a third-party developer, ADblock Plus was introduced by Chrome, while the court found that the "shielded video advertising" plug-in is a polar route development, ADblock Plus is developed by a third party team.

In a follow-up interview with Lei Feng Net, several other domestic routing manufacturers have expressed disapproval. Magic beans Route says: "It is illegal to block ads of others." "The other is more radical," he said. "There are many things you can do to sell the white powder." "It is not for the gentleman to destroy the product of others to gain profit."

As a member of the home network, routers have always assumed the responsibility of data transmission. Insiders said: "Routers need to maintain their own flow neutrality, should not be the third party traffic hijacking, tampering." "Without neutrality, it could harm the entire Internet ecosystem," he said.