Beverly Hills 1/7/2010 1:19:05 AM
News / Business

China Sued for Piracy by U.S. Software Maker, Cybersitter

Finance World News Update by EQUITIES Magazine

California-based software company, Cybersitter, has sued to Chinese tech firms, alleged that they stole its computer code to make an Internet-monitoring program for China’s government. The government was intending to install it on every computer in the country last year before backing down.

 

Cybersitter’s lawsuit also names as defendants seven Asian computer makers — including Sony, Lenovo and Acer — accusing them of willingly joining a Chinese government scheme to spread the software, known as Green Dam Youth Escort, throughout the country

 

The suit seeks more than $2.25 billion in damages, a figure attained by multiplying the number of Chinese computers using Green Dam by the price of the Cybersitter software.

 

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