A California company alleged that an Internet-filtering program being pushed by the Chinese government contains stolen portions of the company's software.The company, Solid Oak Software Inc., said it will try to stop PC makers from shipping computers with the software.
A Santa Barbara company said Friday that the Internet-filtering software that China has mandated for all new personal computers sold in that country contains stolen programming code.
Researchers at the University of Michigan who have been studying the Chinese program also said they found components of CyberSitter, including the blacklist of terms.
Brian Milburn, Solid Oak Software's founder, said he planned to seek an injunction against the Chinese developer that built the software, but he acknowledged that the company was on unfamiliar legal terrain.Brian Milburn, Solid Oak Software's founder, said he planned to seek an injunction against the Chinese developer that built the software, but he acknowledged that the company was on unfamiliar legal terrain.
The allegation by Solid Oak could add to the outcry over the lack of transparency in the Chinese government's decision to choose this particular program to implement its filtering requirement.
Within China, which has the most Internet users in the world and is the world's second-largest PC market, criticisms of the requirement have filled online forums for days. Some Internet users have taken to mocking it, by using the term "Youth Escort" to get someone to shut up. They use phrases like "Stop talking like that, or I'll 'youth escort' you!"
Saturday, June 13, 2009
U.S. Firm Says China Stole Software for Web-Filter
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