Donkey spread film and television for 300,000 yuan claim_Internet_Technology Era_Sina.com

by centrino on 2007-03-27 22:19:58

Donkey, BT... These P2P (peer-to-peer) free download tools that are rampant on the Internet are increasingly becoming the thorn in the side of audiovisual companies. Yesterday, it was learned by this reporter that a company in Shanghai was sued by Television Broadcasts Limited of Hong Kong for allegedly spreading "Miss Marrying Man IV". A claim for 300,000 yuan in damages was made, and both parties eventually reached a mediation agreement. After Mr. Huang carried out localization rewriting on the P2P open-source software eMule (commonly known as "Donkey") in 2002, he founded the VeryCD website and then established Shanghai Wes Network Technology Co., Ltd. in June 2005 to operate the website in a corporate format. As early as September 2003, "Miss Marrying Man IV" had already been spread through the localized eMule software and the VeryCD website.