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Intense Debate in Court for Video Player Qvod Case
From CRIENGLISH.com
The group potentially faces up to life in prison[终身监禁] in a case connected to the online distribution of pornography[网上传播色情].
Their trial[审讯,审判] on the charges ended on Friday in Beijing, with the courts withholding a verdict[暂缓判决] for the time being.
Prosecutors[p'rɒsɪkju:təz][公诉人] allege[əˈlɛdʒ][断言,宣称,辩解;提出…作为理由] some 21-thousand files of pornographic material was found on 3 different servers run by Qvod.
"In this case, Qvod not only provided an online platform for users to upload and publish videos, but users could also locate, download and spread video resources by clicking the URL links through the platform. At the same time, Qvod required users to download its Qvod player in order to watch these videos."
All four defendants[dɪ'fendənts][被告] have denied the charges against, arguing Qvod itself focused on program design[程序设计] and technical research[技术研究].
Qvod, as a peer-to-peer[P2P] transfer site, allowed people to load content, which others could then download.
As such, lawyers defending the four in court have pointed the finger at 3rd party users.
"Qvod was simply a tool used to play videos, and its functions are just like a DVD player[快播只是一个播放视频的工具，功能就和DVD播放器一样]. Even though it has been used by others to watch or spread pornography, the responsibility should lie with those users, rather than the defendants[dɪ'fendənts][被告]."
One of the key arguments discussed during the court hearings is whether Qvod intentionally[ɪnˈtɛnʃənl:ɪ][有意地，故意地] allowed pornographic material to be spread via its platform.
Qvod founder Wang Xin claims he had established a filtering and reporting system[过滤和报告系统] to prevent users from uploading and watching porn videos.
Lawyers for the group also argue no specific laws are in-place[在位; 在位 现地; 就地] in China which force software developers to guarantee the users of their products are not involved in possible illegal acts[可能的违法行为].
"From the perspective of the criminal law[从刑法的角度看], Qvod, as a video service provider, is not required to conduct substantive examinations[实质性审查] about whether the video content is illegal. That duty belongs to the organs[机构] of state power, such as the public security department[公安部门]."
However, Prosecutors[p'rɒsɪkju:təz][公诉人] in the case argue the current laws and regulations DO have specified responsibilities for China's online service providers.
"In 2007, China's top radio, film and television regulator, along with the information industry regulator, published a regulation on the administration of Internet-Based Audio-Video Program Services. It stipulates that online audio and video programs provided by developers can not contain any pornographic material."
Prosecutors[p'rɒsɪkju:təz][公诉人] also argue Qvod's inaction[无为;无作为] has allowed a number of pornographic videos to go viral[像病毒一样传播开来] on the Internet.
Back in June 2014, the company was fined 260 million yuan or nearly 40 million U.S. dollars for copyright infringement[侵犯版权].
Before it was shut down in 2014, Qvod had around 300 million users.
For CRI, I am Wang Mengzhen.
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