Nobuchi Idei didn't expect that other music record companies would take the initiative to invite him to sue Daqian together. To Nobuchi Idei, this was a good thing that came out of nowhere.
After Nobuchi Idei understood, it turned out that Rolling Stone Records discovered that there were actually people in Wanwan who downloaded pirated Rolling Stone music MP3 files directly from the Internet and then copied them into the MP3 player. Then, they could directly listen to the music under Rolling Stone Records. They didn't spend a single cent from beginning to end and didn't even leave the house. They just clicked the mouse on the computer.
This made Rolling Stone Records aware of the crisis immediately.
Wanwan people were indeed famous for being narrow-minded. When ordinary companies saw such a situation, they would probably let it pass.
But Rolling Stone Records was different. They seemed to have seen the future where netizens all over the world could download pirated music files through their computers. Then, wouldn't the entire Rolling Stone product market collapse?
Hence, Rolling Stone Records started to prepare for a rainy day. They immediately called the police, but the Wanwan police didn't care about this at all. At most, they would just arrest them and lock them up for a few days.
However, it was useless. After all, Rolling Stone Records couldn't keep an eye on everyone and check whether the songs in all the MP3 players were authentic. If they started from the user side, it would really be an impossible task in a lifetime.
Then, Rolling Stone Records thought, You can sue every user, but can't I sue the company that manufactured the MP3 player?
It was this damned company that manufactured the MP3 player, which led to the piracy and damaged their profits. They could ask this company to stop manufacturing this thing and at the same time, compensate them with a huge sum of money for their economic losses.
Especially when Rolling Stone Records found out that this company actually came from the mainland, which had always been poor and backward, an inexplicable sour feeling emerged.
However, Rolling Stone Records also knew that Daqian's size was too big. It was very difficult for a small company like them to win the lawsuit. The only way was to join forces with other forces.
Hence, Rolling Stone Records began to collect all kinds of evidence overnight. At the same time, they persuaded Universal Records, Sony Music, and other major music companies in the world to launch a joint lawsuit. In the end, a total of five major music groups and 23 small and medium-sized music companies jointly formed a huge 28 group to launch a joint lawsuit against Daqian Electronics.
When these music companies were working together, the United States Association of the Recording Industry actually took the initiative to come to them and suggested that they take the lead in the lawsuit.
The reason was very simple, because the United States Association of the Recording Industry was keenly aware that their end might be coming.
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The reason was very simple. Whether it was a record, a cassette, or a CD, the music needed to stay on the same carrier. Therefore, the companies that originally produced records only needed to change their equipment, and they could still do their old business.
But MP3 was different. MP3 didn't need any music carrier. It only needed to be connected to a computer, and then it could listen to all the music in the world.
For the record companies, the birth of MP3 wasn't to change their equipment, but to dig out their roots. How could the United States Association of the Recording Industry accept this situation?
Therefore, the United States Association of the Recording Industry finally formed a giant plaintiff group led by 28 music production companies in the world. They launched a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals in California, accusing the Daqian MP3 of infringing the copyright of music. They demanded that the Daqian Music pay a huge compensation of 1.28 billion USD, and at the same time, stop the production of MP3 permanently.
Because of this huge plaintiff group and the global hot sales of the Daqian MP3, this lawsuit immediately caused a huge wave when it was reported.
Almost all the media in the world began to report this case crazily. Some media even described this case as the first copyright infringement case of the 1990s.
Even the domestic media in Hua Xia used almost thousands of columns and reports to report this case almost every day. However, when Boss Jia was a little disappointed, many domestic media actually accused the Daqian. They accused the Daqian Production Department of being a hotbed of piracy and an accomplice of the pirates, etc. Finally, they also accused the Daqian of embarrassing Hua Xia.
This made Boss Jia so angry that his nose was crooked. Originally, this huge plaintiff group didn't make Boss Jia angry, but these domestic media really made Boss Jia feel disgusted.
There was nothing to say to this kind of people. He must use a hearty victory to prove who was the righteous one.
For a time, everyone's eyes were fixed on the Daqian Electronics. They wanted to know how this company that had just changed the music industry would face a huge counterattack from almost the entire industry.
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The Daqian's response was very simple, and that was to file a lawsuit.
On the second day after the huge plaintiff group issued a joint lawsuit, Daqian Mingzhu spoke on behalf of the Daqian company, saying that there was nothing wrong with the Daqian products. The Daqian itself didn't infringe on the rights of any company or individual. The Daqian company didn't do anything wrong and didn't need to compensate anyone. The Daqian MP3 wouldn't stop selling. Everything would be decided by the law, not by the mouths of some people.
The Daqian company accepted the challenge head-on. Then, according to some sources, the chairman of the Daqian company, Boss Jia, flew back to the United States immediately after returning from France. Obviously, he had to deal with this trial.
It must be known that this trial was very important for the Daqian company. If the plaintiff won, it meant that the Daqian company not only had to pay a huge amount of compensation, but also completely give up the huge market that had just emerged. This loss for the Daqian company was in the billions of dollars level. No matter how much Boss Jia valued it, it was a matter of course.
These news and speculations were crazily spread in this kind of media, giving a very intuitive impression to all the audience. That is, if the Daqian company lost this time, then the MP3 would become a short-lived thing and would not be sold in the market.
Then, the Daqian MP3 will become a one-of-a-kind product. If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it for the rest of your life.
Thinking about this, many people who were not in a hurry to buy the MP3 player and wanted to wait for the price to drop before buying.
On the third day after the trial, the Daqian MP3 player went on sale for the 7th time. A total of 5 million units were sold out within 3 days.
In the next three months, the 8th, 9th, 15th, 15th, and 15th MP3 players were sold. In total, there were about 42 million Daqian MP3 players sold. There was not a single MP3 player left in the market. All the MP3 players were sold out. Sony and other companies were shocked.
After all, it took them five years to sell their Walkman, and they only managed to sell more than 100 million units worldwide. However, Da Qian's MP3 player managed to sell more than 40 million units in just three months. How could they justify such a crazy sales result?
Did they do more harm than good?
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