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"Saipan Music Store will connect with Warner Records as soon as possible, and put all Warner Records' copyright library songs on Saipan Music Store for sale!"

Hoblo said excitedly that Warner Music is one of the three major record copyright dealers in America. With the support of Warner Music, it directly solves the problem of lack of copyright in Saipan Music Store, and Saipan Music Store can also expand on a large scale. Advertised.

Although the Saipan Music Store also agreed to Warner Music's many conditions, paid a considerable amount of licensing fees, and distributed Warner Music's copyright fees, etc., but compared to what the Saipan Music Store will get in the future, these It's all affordable.

"The Symbian music store, like the Symbian software store, will become the most important industry of the Symbian system in the future!"

A group of people left the conference room, and Ertian was even more busy going around. To be able to participate in this negotiation today, for Ertian, it was considered a squeeze out of time.

After arriving at the office of the Saipan system and entering Hobro's office, Song Yang said to him.

"In the future, mobile phone software, records, movies, videos, etc. will all be distributed through the Symbian store, which may replace the record distributor, the world's largest record distributor!
Symbian system and Saipan store must have enough users! "

Song Yang confessed to Hobro that now it seems that the Symbian music store or Symbian software store, and even the Symbian system, are only regarded as "vassals" of hardware products such as Alcatel mobile phones or Diamond MP3.

But after a few years, when users start to agree with the Symbian system and the Symbian music store becomes the mainstream of the industry, then the Symbian store may become one of the most profitable products in the software industry, just like letting Microsoft collect money Received soft operating system in general!
Apple relies on iTunes to make a fortune, and its annual revenue exceeds tens of billions of dollars. Even relying on iTunes for a share, the income may not be much worse than selling machines. The key is that the cost of selling machines is much lower than the exhausting sales many.

Hearing Song Yang's big cake, Hobrow hesitated, but nodded. He made more money than selling machines. Hobrow felt somewhat unreliable. He only hoped that the Saipan Music Store has , can earn back the dollars invested in first, so that he can see his head first!
"Scour and Kalanick over there..."

Hobro looked at Song Yang hesitantly. Although Alcatel mobile phone, Diamond League, and Symbian music store did not blatantly support Scour, they more or less secretly supported Scour's music platforms.

After all, the music platforms of Scour are like knives stabbing at the major record groups. Otherwise, how could Warner Records let go so easily.

But now, if Scour and Kalanick are no longer supported here, then in the face of the five major record groups, Scour may only be completely cleaned up.

Song Yang shook his head. The Saipan Music Store started to cooperate with Warner Music. Even if not all of the other major record giants cooperated with the Saipan Music Store, there would be a few of them, just like Warner Music.

At this time, it is no longer necessary to hold back several major record companies for the sake of Scour, and the collapse of Scour and Napster will give a warning to other platforms that have not obtained record copyrights, and it will also allow users to choose Go to Saipan Music Store!
"Kalanick will be fine, he will not go to federal prison, and he will be able to return to the Internet and technology industry again!"

After all, Kalanick blocked the gun for the Saipan music store, and Song Yang could not really cross the river and demolish the bridge, and sell Kalanick. At most, he would "bankrupt" Kalanick once and suffer a little extra pain. As long as there is Song Yang With Yang's support, Kalanick can "kill" back to the technology industry again, and he won't really be cheated to death.

Internet concept stock companies, from giants to small companies, continue to soar in valuation and market value, without any sign of stopping, and the market value continues to hit new highs.

In the past few weeks, the technology industry in America has been quite "calm". Although there have been news such as the acquisition of Nielsen Data Research by Double-Click, the domain name auction conference, and the rumored listing on eBay, the most exciting news is the record group. The world has waged war on Internet music platforms.

This is the hottest news on the Internet right now. The big Hollywood companies have teamed up to encircle and suppress Scour. This cross-border battle has attracted the attention of many people.

Internet music platforms such as Scour and Napster touched the cheese of Hollywood giants and were hit by Hollywood record and film and television giants. Everyone knows this day, and it will come sooner or later.

I just didn't expect that this time the record giant seemed to be ruthless, trying to beat Scour and Kalanick to death, and proposed a huge compensation of 500 billion US dollars, obviously not planning to give Kalanick and the others a way out.

Major Internet companies are also waiting to see whether Scour and Kalanick can survive the Hollywood copyright lawsuit and huge compensation.

If Scour survives this time, then Hollywood giants such as Yahoo, AOL and even Disney will build their own Internet entertainment platforms!

Scour and Napster have not survived, so Yahoo and other companies have to be more cautious when they enter the record, film and television platforms, so as not to get caught up in the meat.

Just moved from that small office to Scour, a new office building in Los Angeles. Kalanick and a group of executives are discussing how to file a lawsuit with several major record groups!

Kalanick has no way out. Once he loses the lawsuit, it will be 500 billion dollars in damages. Of course, Hollywood knows that he can’t afford so much money. Let alone Kalanick, who would it be? I can’t even be taken advantage of, just disgust him, let him go bankrupt, take every cent of Kalanick’s money, the record company will take away, let Kalanick’s bloody example, give Napster and other companies a warning!
"So this time, how can Scour win this lawsuit?"

Kalanick was irritated, and asked the high-priced legal team, surrounded by Ovitz, Ron Burkel and other investors who had invested money in Scour, their faces were no stronger than Kalanick at the moment where to go.

Ovitz and the others have all invested tens of millions of dollars in Scour, hoping to make a fortune after Scour goes public.

It's all right now, not to mention making a fortune, once the Scour lawsuit is lost, just wait for bankruptcy, when the time comes, all the dollars they invested in will be in vain, and they will never see it again.

This kind of thinking of heaven and hell, yesterday I was expecting Scour to make a lot of money when it went public, today it is like Hollywood making an epic bad movie, it is really uncomfortable.

The Hollywood copyright lawyer hired with a lot of money patiently explained to Kalanick, "This is an asymmetrical lawsuit. Hollywood has too much unfavorable evidence of Scour. The Scour website does provide users with too much information. Most of the music, movies, pictures, books, etc. that are not licensed by Hollywood companies..."

"Those contents are "shared" among users, not provided by Scour, and those copyrights have nothing to do with Scour!"

Hearing that Kalanick brought up this "not guilty with a kitchen knife" theory again, the copyright lawyer frowned with a headache.

Finally, he replied to Kalanick, "This is Los Angeles, not San Jose's Silicon Valley!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Kalanick, Ovitz and others changed immediately. The lawyers almost made it clear that Los Angeles is the site of Hollywood giants. The federal judges and prosecutors here are not Will listen to Kalanick's bullshit justification.

Different places in America have different laws. In Los Angeles, the city of angels, the rules are set by Hollywood, especially in this kind of copyright lawsuit. Even if Microsoft comes to sue the Hollywood giants, they probably have to kneel down!

"For Scour, there are only two ways to resolve the lawsuit. The first way is to settle with Warner, Universal and other record groups, and remove all unauthorized music and videos!"

After listening to it, Kalanick shook his head without hesitation. The major record giants obviously did not intend to let him go, and they removed those music and videos from their shelves. Scour would cut off his own arm. What is the difference between this and bankruptcy? .

Now the users of Scour come for the resources on the website. Without these resources, those users will not talk about loyalty, they will just fall down and go to other places, and they will not look at it at all. Scour glanced.

Seeing that Kalanick was unwilling to take this path, bowing his head to Hollywood and admitting his mistakes, the lawyer said the second path.

"Scour, if it can get the support of other Internet giants and cooperate with Microsoft, Yahoo, ICQ, AOL, etc., it should be able to delay this lawsuit!"

When Ovitz heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "So what's the difference between this and selling Scour to them?"

The second way, to put it bluntly, is to find a backer for Scour. In fact, it is still selling yourself, but it is strange that you can sell your body for a good price at such a critical moment.

Looking at the furious Ovitz, Kalanick felt helpless. Now it is not a question of whether Scour will sell himself, but a question of who is willing to fight against the entire American Records to take Scour in.

Kalanick was conflicted in his heart. He didn't want to lose Scour just like that, but he also knew that now was the most critical moment.

Remembering Song Yang, Hobro and others he met when he was invited to the Alcatel P2 mobile phone launch event in San Jose, Kalanick struggled for a moment, then took out his mobile phone, ready to dial the number.

As a result, as soon as he took out his mobile phone, Kalanick's phone rang, and he saw Evan Spiegel's name on the phone. As a fund investor, he invested a large sum of money in Scour, which made Scour survive.

Of course, Kalanick also found out that this guy was actually an ICQ executive, and it was self-evident who he represented.

After connecting the phone, before Kalanick could speak, Evan Spiegel knocked Kalanick out as soon as he made the call. Saipan Music Store and Warner Records began to cooperate. Behind Evan Spiegel That overseas foundation will also divest from Scour, which means that someone Kalanick still wants to count on will not save Scour.

However, at the end of the phone call, Evan Spiegel also said to Kalanick that although he did not mention Song Yang directly, he also promised Kalanick that he would not be in a federal prison, nor would he be in debt. Let’s get up, the most important thing is that Evan Spiegel promised that the big money behind him will invest in Kalanick’s next project!
After hanging up the phone, Kalanick suddenly felt exhausted when he saw the eyes of Ovitz, Scour's executives, and the legal team. "Warner Records and Saipan Music Store have started cooperation!"

This news surprised Ovitz and others. Scour has indeed changed the record industry, but the peach has been picked.

"Scour, prepare...to file for bankruptcy in the Los Angeles bankruptcy court!"

Kalanick exhausted all his strength, and finally said this. He didn't want Scour company, just closed down, and paid the company to the record group, and he himself was going to declare bankruptcy.

Scour has indeed achieved the feat of changing the record industry, but it did not taste the taste of victory, but instead became cannon fodder before dawn.

While the melon-eaters were still eating Scour's melons, Warner Records and Saipan Music Store suddenly jointly announced that they had begun to reach a formal cooperation, and Warner Records entered the Internet digital music industry!
"Embracing the future, Warner Records also needs to look forward. If history cannot be changed, then Warner Records will make history!"

Paul Vidic, president of Warner Records, declared to the media that he was not forced by a company like Scour to cooperate with Saipan Music Store, but Warner Records took the initiative to do so. have to change.

Paul Vidic also revealed the US$[-] million license fee paid by the Saipan Music Store to tell the outside world that this cooperation is led by Warner Music.

Although the words were high-sounding, when the news came out, the recording industry in America and even Europe was in an uproar. Those singers were still scolding Scour a few days ago, but when they turned around, the global recording industry was dumbfounded.

For a while, the voices that Warner Records signed with Saipan Music Store as "an alliance under the city" and that Paul Vidic was a thief in the record industry were heard endlessly.

Whether to scold Paul Vidic and Warner Records, the Saipan Music Store has no control, but the Saipan Music Store, which has obtained the copyright library of Warner Records, immediately launched a large number of music, announcing the copyright library songs of the Saipan Music Store, There have been more than 20 songs, and a large number of new songs have also been launched on the CRBT.

The Saipan Music Store announced its first small goal of selling 100 million songs within a month.

And on the day when the record copyright library was updated, the Saipan music store sold 35 songs to users around the world, and the sales volume of CRBT broke 15. goods!