Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 2122 Genuine rights protection
On June 6, in the conference hall on the 21th floor of the China World Hotel in Chaoyang District, BJ, all the heads of 112 software technology companies from all over the country attended the China Genuine Software Alliance Conference.

As an unofficial meeting, Duan Yun's ability to attract so many industry leaders to the software alliance conference convened this time is enough to prove his influence in the current world and even the software technology industry, and his ability to lead the overall development of the domestic software industry. pattern, which was unimaginable in the past.

In the past, domestic industry conferences of this kind were basically led by the government. Even individual companies would organize such conferences, but they would also invite some leaders from the local government or ministry to participate. In short, holding such conferences in China It is common sense in the business world that without the participation of people at the official level, the influence and binding force will drop a lot.

Duan Yun's influence is entirely due to the popularity of Tianyin computers in government agencies, enterprises and institutions, especially Tianyin's right to pre-install computer software, which makes him a leader in the software industry. The leader's biggest asset.

"Mr. Duan, now we have also established a joint legal department. From the beginning of this year to now, more than 700 lawyer letters have been issued, and more than 100 copyright cases have been filed. However, judging from the current situation, These lawsuits will take a long time, and there may be no results in a year or so." In the conference hall, a software company executive from BJ said to Duan Yun.

"Yeah, right now the cost of rights protection is too high, and many of those infringing companies are leather bag companies, they are not afraid at all, they will use various means to drag you, and after two or three years, they will earn enough money At worst, if you cancel the company and start a new one, you can only stare blankly." The boss of Tiantu Software Company, who lived on the other side, also showed a bit of helplessness on his face, and just continued to say: "But in two or three years, We not only have to bear the loss of genuine software sales in the market, but also bear the cost of the lawsuit, and even if we win, the compensation is pitiful. Our software is not like a physical commodity, and the value can be easily estimated. The judge believes that Your software is worth as much as it is, and you may not even get back the cost of the lawsuit in the end, let alone you will not lose.”

"I understand what everyone said." After listening to everyone's narration, Duan Yun said calmly: "Everyone knows the copyright awareness of our domestic consumers. It didn't happen overnight. The general environment of the whole society In this way, our current software industry is very difficult... But even though it is difficult to recover the losses, we also need to make a gesture of maintaining the genuine market. Some things must be done and cannot be avoided..."

When Duan Yun said this, he also had a bit of helplessness on his face.

As far as the current domestic software environment is concerned, pirated software is rampant, and the development of genuine software is struggling. Even in state-owned enterprises and public institutions, people prefer practical and cheap pirated software, and the performance of these pirated software is enough to satisfy most users. Therefore, it is very difficult for genuine software to have very good sales.

Another point is that compared with the foreign software industry, the domestic software industry started relatively late. In terms of technology and functions, there is indeed a certain gap with foreign software. The only advantage is that most of the current foreign software is not Chinese. In other words, it does not pay much attention to the Chinese market, while domestic software attaches great importance to software localization, and can make flexible improvements to meet the needs of domestic consumers. This is the biggest competitive advantage of domestic software over foreign software.

But only this is not enough to allow domestic software companies to develop greatly. Although domestic financial software such as UFIDA and Kingdee have done a good job in many functions over the years, they are not inferior to similar foreign software, and It has localization and technical support, but there are very few such software companies in China. Most software companies lack R&D funds and manpower, and the market returns are very small. Therefore, over time, survival and development become difficult, and eventually they face elimination and bankruptcy. ending.

Although Duan Yun established the Domestic Genuine Software Alliance and jointly established a legal department for legal rights protection to help these software companies reduce the cost of rights protection to the greatest extent, the problem is that many aspects of China’s copyright and patent laws are not perfect, and the law enforcement is not enough. Strict, resulting in too long a rights protection period, and even if the case is won, the fine is far from being able to make up for the loss.

But in Duan Yun’s view, even if he knows that rights protection is very expensive, he must do so now, because in the long run, if he does not take the initiative to protect rights, he hopes that the domestic software copyright environment will become better and better. It's impossible, and this legitimate copyright protection alliance must not only continue to run, but also invite more software companies to join in order to jointly maintain their legitimate rights and interests.

"In fact, this kind of thing should be taken by the government. Take our BJ's Zhongguancun as an example. After so many years, there are still many pirated CDs. Some shops even brazenly put pirated CDs on their display cabinets. Don't worry about it, I reported it a few times before, but the law enforcement officers at most confiscated the CD, and then there is no more..." The boss of Tiantu Software sighed softly, and then said: "What do you think this can do? Use? How much are those CDs? As long as it is abroad, which store sells pirated CDs will definitely make him bankrupt, but in China, the law enforcement is far worse..."

"The national conditions are different. Our workers' income is only a few hundred yuan a month. People abroad are thousands or even tens of thousands a month, which is still in US dollars. The income gap is there." The boss of a software company next to him also said He interjected, and then said: "To put it bluntly, the government leaders above know that this kind of thing is illegal, but the common people always want to eat, right? There is an old saying in the past, if the people don't get promoted, the officials will not be punished. Besides, for so many years, Piracy has always been rampant in China. If you ask them to spend money to buy genuine copies, no one will be willing to change them. Therefore, this kind of thing needs to be paid attention to by the relevant state departments. There is no way this situation can be changed.”

"President Liang is right. The most important thing is that the government needs to pay attention to this issue." Duan Yun nodded and said, "I will find a way to communicate with the leaders of relevant departments at the higher level. Other places may not be able to do so temporarily, but at least In BJ, we want to establish an ecology of genuine software."

(End of this chapter)