"By doing this, aren't media companies essentially shutting out their consumers?"
Chen Dong shook his head. "Even if these people are a potential consumer group, music companies won't make money from them because they won't buy audio from music companies; instead, they'll find resources online and download them."
Anne lowered her head and thought about it; it seemed to make sense.
"Moreover, the larger this so-called music-loving group becomes, the more money the media company loses," Lin Zhiyuan added.
"If we were a media company, we probably would have taken action long ago."
The company's interests are always the top priority.
Media companies used to think that the birth of the iPod made their products available for free. Later, they realized that the iPod was just a medium, and the ones who instigated the copyright infringement were not the iPod company, but the users who used the iPod.
Previously, media companies targeted the iPod; now, they are targeting the entire established user base.
Making enemies with them will certainly not bring any benefits in the short term.
“Currently, whether overseas or in China, there is still no awareness of copyright,” Chen Dong sighed. “The media company has taken the lead in launching the challenge, which seems to be commendable.”
"Commendable courage?!" Annie was taken aback by Chen Dong's praise of the media company and felt extremely uncomfortable. "Do you know why they brought up the copyright issue again this time?"
Chen Dong shook his head, and Lin Zhiyuan looked at her with a puzzled expression.
“It’s still because of our iPods.” Annie put down the documents and looked at Chen Dong seriously.
Chen Dong thought for a moment and looked at Lin Zhiyuan questioningly, but Lin Zhiyuan also seemed unaware of the situation.
"Because a month ago, Chris created a 'resource sharing' section on the iPod online community and uploaded a lot of audio materials to it."
Anne continued, "At first, he was the only one uploading, but more and more people joined in, and now the 'Resource Sharing' section has completely become a resource trading market in North America."
"However, this kind of transaction does not involve money, but rather a tacit understanding between the uploader and the downloader."
Wang An had been overseeing the iPod online community, but he was on vacation this time. People in the product and customer service departments generally wouldn't report such matters unless it involved major issues affecting the company's interests, so Chen Dong was unaware of it.
"Is this Chris the young man we recently recruited in the engineering department?" Chen Dong asked.
Anne nodded. "It's him. He was in charge of uploading the ICQ beta version before, so the company authorized him to open a topic section in the online community."
"He also pioneered this 'resource sharing' section."
Chen Dong was even more puzzled, "He works in the engineering department, but aren't all the engineers on vacation?"
Lin Zhiyuan and Annie exchanged a glance. Annie said with difficulty, "This is his private matter."
“Actually, before Chris joined iPod, he had shared a lot of music resources in our online community. However, this time he took advantage of the company’s authorization to open the ‘resource sharing’ section on his own.”
Now Chen Dong finally understood.
It turns out that before Chris went on vacation, he had a task: to upload the ICQ beta version to Longteng's online community. By leveraging the online community's traffic, they could attract users to download it, making it easier for them to collect user data and preferences.
However, the online community mainly focuses on iPods. In order to avoid confusion with the topic of music players, it is necessary to create a separate topic. The engineering department authorized Chris to create a section in the online community.
Chris did complete the task perfectly after being authorized, but he also abused the authorization to create a "resource sharing" section in the online community without the consent of the engineering department.
On this section, everyone can freely upload and download music.
This move attracted a large number of iPod users, and even some people who don't use iPods at all started paying attention to the topic because of the free resources available.
The iPod already had a large user base, and its online community brought together a large number of young people with the energy and time to collect resources. As the topic gained traction, it attracted the attention of media companies.
“In the past, they were scattered, relying on their own abilities to find music resources online. But now that they’ve joined forces, it’s like putting the record companies’ databases on an online community. Of course, they’re not happy about it,” Chen Dong sighed.
"That troublesome Chris," Chen Dong said, growing angrier by the thought. "When is he coming back from his vacation?"
“There should be a few more days,” Anne replied.
Seeing Chen Dong's bad attitude, Lin Zhiyuan figured the problem was serious and suggested, "Should we make him end his vacation early as well?"
Looking at the documents on the table and the upcoming adjustments and plans for ICQ, Chen Dong thought to himself, "Next, we need to adjust the ICQ project. Chris represents the younger generation in the team, and we can't do without him."
"Forget it, let him get some rest." Chen Dong pointed at Annie and instructed, "Have someone from the engineering department contact him and tell him to tell Chris to stop posting resources on the community."
"good."
Since the internet appeared in people's lives, the virtual world has gradually formed a vast world.
This world is full of abstract data.
Almost everything online can be a resource, but people don't realize that virtual data is also being used and has value.
In the 1980s and 90s, the international community paid more attention to copyright issues, and the knowledge payment model gradually took shape.
It wasn't that Chen Dong wanted to make things difficult for Chris, but he sensed that the wind had shifted.
The fact that several media companies issued a joint statement speaks volumes about its impact.
Subsequently, media companies went to great lengths to have their artists advocate for paid knowledge and paid resources in public.
The involvement of celebrities has led fans to take sides.
More and more people are joining the discussion on copyright issues.
The iPod community, being the only place to have established a large "resource sharing" topic section, has been met with the first wave of public outrage.
Chris received a call from the engineering department, instructing him to leave the online community and refrain from posting online.
"Why? That's the section I created, and it took a lot of effort to attract so many people." Chris didn't understand.
“Chris! The engineering department did not authorize you to create a ‘resource sharing’ topic section in the iPod community. It seems this is your first time. The boss is not blaming you, but just asking you not to log in to the online community for a while,” the head of the engineering department said.
Chris was indeed in the wrong in this matter, so he had no choice but to reluctantly agree.
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