Chapter 1307

"The governor's wife is expected to make a big splash this time."

The next morning, song Ya ran to the office of former White House legal adviser professor mikwa to rub the Internet during recess. There was an express in the financial section of Yahoo News, which briefly introduced "the case of Amerika website will be sentenced today.".

The picture is the moment before the lawyers enter the courtroom. Alicia walks bravely at the front, turns back and waves to the camera with William Zhang, President of Amelia music website, on the top of the steps, followed by a large group of lawyers from her law firm and PGE law firm.

This case is much less popular than the collective protest of many artists before the Digital Millennium act last year. However, as the first case in the litigation process before and after the promulgation of the Digital Millennium act, it is still very popular among professionals in the recording industry and legal circles. That's why mikwa said this.

"Well."

In fact, in this case, the PGE law firm took on more work and responsibilities, just because it had coordinated with them, and gave the most prominent external spokesman to Alicia, "shouldn't there be any problem?" Song Ya asked.

"That's not good. I personally find it hard to lose." "Mikwa replied:" the previous court has an advantage

"I just don't know how long it's going to take. If I go up again, I'll be the Ninth Circuit Court of appeal."

Even though he studied fishing all the year round, song Ya can still figure out the basic procedures. Now the cases are dealt with in the Federal District Court of the Northern District of California. Generally speaking, it ends up in the circuit court of appeal, because the Supreme Court receives less than 100 cases a year, and the judgment of the circuit court of appeal is almost equal to the final judgment.

California's Ninth Circuit Court of appeals, one of the 13 circuit courts in the country, is located in San Francisco.

No matter how crazy the rich three generations are, RIAA can't accompany him to court the case of Amerika music website. Now Napster and many other music sharing software and websites are better sued and easier to get favorable cases.

"It seems you don't take it seriously?" Asked micwa.

"What do you say?"

"Being sued by RIAA, I read the newspaper and said that many similar websites are financing normally."

Mikwa's feeling is right. Because the number of registered users of Napster is growing at a record rate, there is no shortage of check waving venture capitalists. After the news that RIAA included Napster in the second similar lawsuit, the defendant's financing was hardly affected.

In any case, as long as you have money, the lawsuit can drag on for a long time. During the period, if you change your hand, the investment will roll up several times. Now the trend of the Internet concept plate is like this. Investors and investment institutions should eat and drink without panic.

What's more, mp3.com is the most popular one in his family. As soon as RIAA's advertising ban came out, he immediately deleted all pirated songs and became an independent music website. But seeing that Napster is so popular with capital, the mainstream music sharing format on the Internet is MP3, and the owner's mentality is both greedy and regretful, so he gave up internal supervision again, and the website style jumped back

The benefits of that domain name are too great. In just two or three months, the number of visits to MP3 websites has increased wildly. Naturally, IPO has been put on the agenda, and the last round of financing seems to be tomorrow.

Rumor has it that if Amerika music website wins today, MP3 website will be worth $500 million tomorrow, and then issue a prospectus for IPO next month, which is the speed of the Internet.

"I can't envy others. Anyway, I'm very upset..."

At the end of the day, the only one who was caught and beaten was his own Amerika music website. After deleting things, the users ran away. Even if he wanted to learn from MP3 websites, he didn't have a good domain name. Besides, it was too late.

However, silent dedication to the whole industry also has hidden rewards. They can give circuitous support. For example, Yahoo has seriously helped to promote the weblog website opendialog of Littman media. Ms. CEP Sloan has gained some positions in industry associations and other miscellaneous benefits.

"Ha ha!"

Mikwa laughed and turned to talk about little Daley's mayoral campaign.

Peter's character is still strong. His close friend koziko is controlled by the FBI, but he should not bite others. In the donkey party primary stage, he firmly supported little Daley's opponent, a single black mother from the Chicago prosecutor system.

This makes me a little embarrassed. It's not right to stand on either side. Fortunately, I have enough status. I mean to donate money on both sides, which means that there's no big problem if they don't help each other.

Another law school teacher, Illinois senator Michelle's husband, is also hiding, very low-key.

Both Underwood and his wife have decided to bet on little Daly, and Underwood has also called for the party primary not to be too ugly.

"In a word, I hope everyone will calm down after the results of the election in early August."

Song Ya raised his wrist and looked at the time. He said hello to mikwa, and then he picked up his books and went back to class.

"Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday, I had a very friendly and harmonious communication with Mr. Zhao Yilang, who is visiting the United States. We agreed that the current cooperation between SEGA and 3dfx is still positive Please ask our CEO Sir maclauren to answer the details for you. "At more than 3 p.m., he put on his suit and attended the press conference held by 3dfx in Chicago as chairman of the board to make an opening speech.

"Sir mclauren, what do you think of the negative comments of all rice players on the large scale of Sega DC game console?"

a reporter asked.

"Our 3dfx provides a powerful GPU for DC game console..."

"According to the Research Report of our engineers, the loss of DC performance mainly comes from CPU..."

"The shortage problem has nothing to do with 3dfx, we are coordinating with nec..."

"Yes, it won't affect the yield of PC graphics card. The OEM is different."

Mclauren threw the pot to SEGA and NEC crazily. Yesterday, he didn't have a very happy talk with zhaoichiro.

"Sir mclauren, the three founders of 3dfx, have left your company?"

But journalists are more concerned about the trio's running away.

"I received their resignation letter."

"I thank them for their years of contribution in 3dfx, but this kind of thing is normal in Silicon Valley, people come and go..."

"Yes, the president, Mr. Ballard, will also leave. This is his successor, yassa, my old colleague."

"No, the voodoo5 project is still on schedule..."

"I admit there will be some impact, but please rest assured that voodoo4 will be launched as scheduled."

The official confirmation will lead to the fall of stock price tomorrow, but it has to be done.

At this time, the mobile phone in his pocket vibrated, and song ya, who was sitting silently and watching, just bowed his head and left.

"We won!" Ms. Sloan sent a short text message, but Songya could imagine her happy expression when she said it.

"The Federal District Court for the Northern District of California has just dismissed all the charges of RIAA. I will be interviewed with PGE colleagues in a moment."

This is Alicia's.

As she was typing with both hands, she sent another message: "the prosecution lawyer has just told reporters that he will probably continue to appeal!"

Song Ya spits out a foul breath, silently clears the words he just typed, and puts his mobile phone back in his pocket.

"Please, thank you..."

In Monaco, satellite TV is showing the picture of our barrister walking out of the court. He just lost the lawsuit and was surrounded by reporters. He is smiling and holding his head high. He doesn't look very depressed.

"This is rubbish."

Brownfmann, Jr. commented angrily.

"Will RIAA continue to appeal?" Journalists are most concerned about this issue.

"Of course, it's always in our mind." The barrister replied, "the verdict is hard for us to accept."

"Can you give me a more definite answer?"

"I'm sorry, I can only say that the rate of appeal is likely to happen."

the barrister hurried into the car.

"He should say more, the record industry needs him to say more at this time, this idiot."

Little Bronfman was dissatisfied with the lawyer's performance. "I don't want to use him in Napster. What do you think?" He asked Barry Diller.

"It doesn't matter. At least that case will be put off until the beginning of next year." Barry Diller smokes a cigar and replies that sigma global is going to sell anyway. He only cares about how to sell more money.

"I've just learned the verdict of the Americana music website case. To be honest, I'm very disappointed about it!"

"I think we all know the situation of the record industry now. As the owner of the world's largest music company, I don't deny that we have reached a critical moment. The current situation is that the real record revenue of the global record industry last year was about $30 billion, and the authoritative organization predicted that the market will rise this year The market will shrink by one tenth, that is, the revenue will be reduced by more than $3 billion, which is an amazing proportion! "

"If we can't severely punish those thieves and Internet service providers who connive at thieves, the industry will die. I'm not alarmist!"

"Amelia music website and its parent company, Littman media, are committing crimes! It's obvious! "

“APLUS？ Sorry, I don't want to be personal. I know, I know he's the chairman of Littman media... "

"What do I think of him? I can only say that I don't like him, I don't want to hypocritical, I just don't like him

"Of course, he betrayed the record industry. He made a fortune in the record industry..."

"I have no problem with his personal success. To be honest, I agree with some people in China. In fact, African American elites are more likely to succeed in the existing system than others. They have lower university admission scores and more job opportunities. According to the proportion of the population, isn't that right?"

"Appeal? Of course, we will continue to appeal. The outcome is still unknown. "

"What did he say about me?" At the end of the press conference, song Ya was surrounded by a large number of reporters."I don't want to talk about this. I have to ask the lawyer first..." Facing the reporter's report and provocation, he waved his hand with a wry smile.

"OK, listen!"

Finally, he got impatient. He stood still and turned back to the camera. "If you know the music websites on the market, you will find that Amerika music website is the most law-abiding and clean. Therefore, we are willing to endure a lot of user loss Not only should we not be accused, but we should be industry models... "

Mclauren and others stood behind him as the background board.

"I know that the record industry is in a slump, and I have suffered a great loss. People from the record company told me that my three majors may sell millions less because of sharing behavior..."

"I certainly welcome the verdict of the California court. It's a big victory. I respect RIAA, but they did find the wrong person."

"The Internet is the future."

"Bet on bankruptcy? That's a rumor... "

"I know little Mr. Bronfman doesn't like me, but I'm still very grateful for his help when I was under universal In short, there may be a little problem between us. It's not my fault. "

"Who is to blame? No one is wrong, OK? "

"African Americans are African Americans. There are no elites without elites. Any remarks that want to break up our unity have ulterior motives..."

"I didn't grow up in an elite family. I was wearing it when I first went to New York from the slums of South City Second hand clothes, right. Who said that? Ask who

"Appeal? Then go to appeal. I'll accompany you to the end! "

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