In order to promote the iPod, Wujiang Group spent a huge sum of $100 million on advertising.
iPods are selling like hotcakes in markets outside the United States.
820,000 units were sold on the day of its launch.
A week later, iPod sales surpassed 5 million units!
With the immense popularity of the iPod, Napster's user base surged.
iPod users download pirated music from Napster.
The existence of the Napster website boosted iPod sales; the two were mutually reinforcing.
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"Boss, Universal, Warner, and other record companies in the United States have filed lawsuits against our company, claiming that our release of the iPod Walkman infringes on their music copyrights. They are demanding an immediate halt to sales, a recall of the iPods, and compensation for their losses!" Liu Yinyin reported to Zhao Ye as she approached him.
Zhao Ye scoffed and said, "Let the company's legal department handle them. Our Wujiang Group is just developing a portable music player; how could we be infringing on the music copyrights of record companies? What does the user's independent action have to do with our Wujiang Group? If I sell kitchen knives and someone uses one to kill someone, should I also be sentenced?"
The record company has no chance of winning this lawsuit.
Besides, Wujiang Group has given up entirely; since it hasn't entered the US market, it doesn't need to worry about the US's feelings.
Wujiang Group will not only continue to produce iPod products, but will also license other companies to develop MP3 products, expanding the MP3 player market!
If many companies have developed MP3 music players, what can the United States do to deal with so many companies?
By then, Wujiang Group will be able to make a fortune just by selling MP3 decoding chips.
In fact, many companies had already contacted Wujiang Group at this time, hoping to obtain the patent license for the MP3 player.
Wujiang Group had already prepared several plans in advance for cooperation with these companies.
At 10:00 AM on June 10th, Wujiang Group officially authorized 36 companies with MP3 patents, aiming to attract more companies to join the Wujiang Group.
USA.
The executives of major record companies all changed their expressions drastically as they watched the news on television.
Previously, it was about dealing with Wujiang Group, but now it's about dealing with 37 companies. MP3 players are so popular, how can we possibly stop them...?
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