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Chinese Government sued over Green Dam

Remember all that clamor last year over the shoddy cybernanny, the Green Damn Youth Escort, that the government wanted installed on all new computers? After the software was proven to be both insecure and blatantly stolen, the government shelved the product indefinitely, which we're assuming is code for "we're just going to forget this happened entirely." Speaking of code, Cybersitter LLC, who created the code Green Dam allegedly stole, didn't forget as easily: the company has brought a case to court in America naming several Asian computer companies and the Chinese Government as conspirators in stealing and disseminating their software. With $2.25 billion in calculated losses, it's a doozy of a case... though, it'll be interesting to see what sort of authority a California court can impose on the Chinese government.

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