Chapter Fifty-one Lawsuit

  Fat General indeed said and did, on the afternoon of the same day he made a statement. He went to the Gucheng People's Court to submit an appeal.

  For the appeal submitted by Boss Zuan, the People's Court of Gucheng attaches great importance to it. The Internet is a new industry in China, and the rise of online literature has only occurred in the past year or two.

  And this kind of commercial dispute caused by network copyright is the first case in China! Moreover, this matter has had a huge impact on the Internet and has been followed closely by many netizens.

  It can be said that no matter how this case is handled, it will have a huge social impact and will inevitably exist as reference evidence for similar cases in the future.

  Moreover, Fatong is also a figure with some prestige in the ancient city, and for him, the Ancient City People's Court does not dare to take it lightly!

  The court quickly issued a summons to the "Golden Book House", requiring it to explain this incident. The matter has been blown up to this point, and the "Golden Book House" is also unexpected.

  However, at this time he was already in a difficult situation and could only bite the bullet, "Golden House" did not pirate Dream Network! Any work uploaded to "Golden House" is a spontaneous behavior of netizens and has nothing to do with the website!

  In fact, this is also a common practice of cultural websites. In the past, many small websites didn't mention it, even companies like Baidu and Kuaibo with market values of nearly 10 billion yuan would respond to copyright disputes from major companies in court like this, and the court couldn't do anything about it. Just when Su was coming back, both sides were still arguing online.

  However, at this time, "Golden Book House" is really a bit dumb to eat Huanglian, and it's hard to speak! In fact, this incident has nothing to do with their website itself.

  After all, as a leader in the cultural website, "Golden Book House" is deeply aware of the hidden rules in this industry! He knows it's a minefield, how dare he step in easily?

  Moreover, this is not beneficial to him at all, a typical case of harming others without benefiting oneself! Although Dream Network has always regarded him as a thorn in the eye and a stab in the flesh, he doesn't have such a big grudge against Dream Network.

  However, the model adopted by "Golden Book House" is indeed one where netizens can freely upload their works, regardless of their origin. As long as they create a certain amount of popularity on "Golden Book House", they will be given a corresponding reward!

  In other words, he encourages people to pirate works, but not just any pirated work can be paid for, only those that have value. As for what kind of work is considered valuable, this can only be judged by netizens themselves.

  This time, the high-level executives of "Golden Book House" were also somewhat perplexed and couldn't understand how the subsequent chapters from the backend computer of Mengxiang Network could appear on the website of "Golden Book House". There was a faint feeling of being deceived.

  But they definitely can't say that they were deceived, they can only insist that it was just a spontaneous behavior of netizens and the website had no knowledge of it! They even dare not provide the username of the netizen who uploaded it! Because this is the foundation for the existence of "Huangjin Shuwu", if they lose this foundation, "Huangjin Shuwu" will collapse instantly!

  But the Dream Network won't care about how suffocated "Golden Book House" feels, now he has hated "Golden Book House" for a long time, this is the best opportunity to beat a drowning dog! How can it be let go!

  Fat General put on an unyielding attitude, while communicating with the court through various relationships, and continuously issuing statements online to discredit "Golden Book House", stirring up dissatisfaction among other cultural websites towards "Golden Book House", thereby indirectly putting pressure on the court!

  Of course, other people on the Dream Network were not idle either. Su Zhan very naturally initiated a notification from Su Hangfeng to do some ideological work for his comrades in the court. Although Su Hangfeng was not responsible for court affairs, everyone is a system insider after all?

  Su Xingfeng as the vice mayor of the ancient city, even if not the direct leader of the court, still has influence.

  Finally, under the efforts of the high-level Dream Network, the court's situation began to become more and more unfavorable to "Golden Book House". In fact, in this lawsuit, "Golden Book House" had no hope of winning from the very beginning.

  Everyone knows that the hidden rules are just hidden rules! Even if everyone follows them, they can't be brought to light! It's a standard case of "exposure means death"! Even if most people tacitly assume that online literature can be pirated, this is something that can't be openly discussed.

  In theory, Dream of the Net could have taken legal action against "Golden House" a long time ago and would have won for sure! However, considering this is an unspoken rule in the current online literature community, if they were to sue "Golden House", it might provoke collective hostility from other literary websites, which would be counterproductive.

  But this time, "Golden Book House" has given a perfect excuse to Dream Net! Pirated books that have been confirmed for publication will continue to be published in subsequent chapters! This is undoubtedly a major taboo in the online literature world! If nothing is done about this, who will still write on the internet in the future?

  To know, at that time it was not like the later generations, the network was unprecedentedly developed. The current netizens are after all only a minority. Most computers are in the hands of governments and factories, and personal computers are still a minority.

  People post literature online, but they don't actually make money. Of course, the purpose is not to make money, the goal of posting articles online is to increase popularity! That is, in order to lay a foundation for issuing physical books in reality!

  So, the authors actually don't mind if other websites plagiarize their books. In theory, a website's coverage is limited after all. The more websites that publish their own books, the more people will be able to see their books!

  This is also the reason why piracy became prevalent and even an unwritten rule on the internet during this period! The birth of any unwritten rule has its own reasons! Haven't you seen that although piracy still prevails on the internet in later generations, no major website would engage in pirated transactions anymore?

  Although the situation is developing in a direction unfavorable to "Golden House", given the government department's dragging attitude, it will obviously take at least one or two months before there are any results.

  In fact, if the court can give Su Zhen a clear answer within half a year, Su Zhen will thank the blessings of all the gods in heaven. So after entrusting the matter to Pang Zong again, he didn't pay attention to it anymore. He believed that Pang Zong would definitely achieve his goal.

  "The Golden Book House" matter has come to an end, Zhu Weilian and others are busy with the first online literature competition, it seems that Su Jin has become idle for a while!

  Of course, this is just a facade! In fact, Su found out a crucial problem! That is his points were not enough to use!