March 21 news, Sohu IT exclusively obtained the court's first-instance verdict of Coral Bug QQ case from an insider. The verdict detailedly recorded the trial process and the ins and outs of the Coral Bug QQ case.
The Coral Bug team announced yesterday that the Coral Bug QQ case has been heard in the Nanshan District Court of Shenzhen. The verdict found Chen Shoufu guilty of copyright infringement, sentenced him to three years in prison, fined him 1.2 million yuan, and confiscated nearly 1.18 million yuan of his income.
The verdict showed that the court had announced the verdict on March 14.
Prosecution: Accused Chen Shoufu of "making illegal profits"
This verdict was numbered as No. 1 of Shen Nan Fa Zhi Xing Chu. The verdict showed that Chen Shoufu was currently detained in the Nanshan Detention Center of Shenzhen. The local prosecution filed a public prosecution to the court on November 28, 2007, accusing Chen Shoufu of downloading QQ software from Tencent's website between the end of 2005 and January 2007, and making unauthorized modifications. He deleted the advertisements and search functions of the QQ software, added the function of displaying friends' IP addresses, and installed commercial plug-ins of Beijing Zhitong Wuxian Company (Note: Zhitong Company is ZCOM), 265 Company, and Google China Company. He provided Coral Bug QQ software downloads through the Coral Bug studio. The prosecution accused Chen of "making illegal profits" accordingly.
The prosecution accused Chen Shoufu of receiving 15 advertising fees totaling 1.05 million yuan from Zhitong Company during this period. In February 2007, he received nearly 120,000 yuan in advertising fees from 265 Company.
The prosecution submitted the following evidence to prove the charges, including documentary and physical evidence, such as the police's capture process, business licenses, civil judgments, remittance slips, defendant identity materials, etc. The prosecution also provided the testimonies of seven witnesses, including employees of 265 Company. In addition, there were statements from victims, defendants, and various appraisal conclusions. The procuratorial organs believed that Chen Shoufu, for the purpose of profit, reproduced and distributed the computer software of the copyright owner without the permission of the copyright owner, and the amount of illegal gains was huge, which violated Article 217 of the Criminal Law. The prosecution charged that criminal responsibility should be pursued for copyright infringement.
Chen Shoufu: No objection to the charges, confessed in court
Case replay: http://www.digqq.com/show.php?tid=78