CDC Games Achieves Major Success in Shutdown of Illegal Pirate Server Operator.Largest Pirate Sever TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate defences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely on his own separate defence; each may plead severally and insist on his own separate plea. See Severance. Operator of Yulgang Shut Down, Equipment Confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. and Suspect Arrested BEIJING -- CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation and pioneer of the "free-to-play, pay for merchandise" model for online games in China, today announced it has helped the Chinese Government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
CDC Games and the OGAAP anti-piracy team pinpointed Yulgang's largest pirate server group in China, located in Hefei City, the provincial capital Noun 1. provincial capital - the capital city of a province capital - a seat of government city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" of the Anhui province. Working closely with attorneys and carefully gathering evidence, the team was able to provide the local police with sufficient information needed to successfully shut down the illegal operation, confiscate To expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as all the equipment including 13 pirate servers, and arrest one of the suspects. This is the third piracy case pursued by the company that has resulted in arrests. As previously reported, the Optic business unit of CDC Games helped the China government convict two operators of "piracy for profit" of one of its online fantasy games called MIR III. Those two landmark cases landmark case Law & medicine A civil or, far less commonly, criminal action that has had an impact on a particular area of medicine. are among the first of their kind in China and each resulted in criminal convictions. "We are very pleased to eliminate the largest of the pirate servers that have been illegally stealing our business in China," said Xiaowei Chen, Ph.D., president of CDC Games. "When we first saw the slowdown in Yulgang in July, we knew we needed to act quickly and decisively. With the progress we've made in the last three months, we now believe that less than ten percent of the Yulgang pirate servers remain. And, since we eliminated the largest of these illegal operations, we've already seen an improvement in all key operating metrics, including average daily revenues, for our flagship game. We will continue working hard to eliminate the remaining pirate servers of Yulgang." Chen added, "This was also our call to action to take a leadership role in the industry and found OGAAP. With the success we have demonstrated so far and the support of other entertainment companies and government agencies, we are taking a significant, proactive step in our fight against piracy and we expect to have a very positive effect on the growth and stability of our games, and the industry overall." OGAAP was founded in September 2007 by CDC Games and several other leading game developers to lead a cross industry and government campaigns to combat piracy. Since its founding, OGAAP has received strong endorsements and support from Chinese governmental agencies regulating the online gaming See gaming. industry, as well as enthusiastic interest and participation of gaming and entertainment companies worldwide. The organization is now in discussions with a number of international organizations, including U.S. organizations, on how to best protect intellectual property rights for the online gaming and digital entertainment industries. Despite its short operating history, OGAAP has demonstrated significant success in rallying stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. and assisting government agencies in a unified fight against piracy, resulting in the recent crack down on private servers in China. Chen concluded, "Piracy costs the global entertainment industry billions of dollars in lost revenues every year, and this problem has been particularly rampant in the booming China market. However, we are confident that through the continuing efforts of OGAAP and other organizations, we will be able to foster a more prosperous online games and entertainment environment in China." About CDC Games CDC Games is one of the market leaders of online and mobile games in China with over 100 million registered users. The company's hit title Yulgang was among the first "free-to-play, pay-for-merchandise" online games in China and has received the "Top 10 Most Popular Games" award from the China Game Industry Annual Conference (CGIAC) for two consecutive years, in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Currently, CDC Games offers six popular MMO See MMOG. online games in China that includes: Yulgang, Shaiya, Special Force, Mir III, Shine and Eve Online. In March 2007, the company announced the formation of CDC Games Studio to establish strategic relationships with selected games development partners to accelerate the development of new, original online games for China and other targeted global geographies. CDC Games anticipates being able to deploy up to $100 million for CDC Games Studio investments through contributions from CDC affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. , external partners and its internal resources. In August 2007, CDC Games formed a new subsidiary called CDC Games International (CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. ) and CDC Games USA to launch new games internationally and to position CDC Games as a global publisher of online games. For more information on CDC Games, visit: www.cdcgames.net About OGAAP The Online Games Alliance Against Piracy (OGAAP) is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. founded by CDC Games and other leading online games developers, with sponsorship from the China Government, to fight the piracy of online games in China. The goals of OGAAP are to establish a platform for industry participants and stakeholders to exchange ideas and share experiences; conduct market and technology research; propose industry-wide policies and practices; lobby relevant government bodies and lawmakers to enact anti-piracy legislation; actively promote public awareness of copyrighted online game usage, educate online game players about copyrighted content and vigorously pursue the continued shutdown of pirated online games as well as the arrest and conviction of their operators. Founding members of the OGAAP alliance include CDC Games; CCP (Certified Computer Professional) The award for successful completion of a comprehensive examination on computers offered by the ICCP. See ICCP and certification. . 1. (language) CCP - Concurrent Constraint Programming. 2. , the Iceland-based developer of EVE Online; Ons On Soft Co. Ltd., the Korea-based developer of Shine; Sonokong Co. Ltd., the Korea-based developer of Shaiya and Come on Baby; T3 entertainment, the Korea-based developer of Audition online Audition Online (Korean: 오디션 온라인), also known as Dancin' Paradise in Japan, is a downloadable Multiplayer Online Casual Game produced by T3 Entertainment. game; and Wemade Entertainment Wemade Entertainment Co., Ltd is an online games developer and service provider, based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded on February 10, 2000, Wemade has since developed several online games, the two most successful being the MMORPGs The Legend of Mir 2, and its sequel , the Korea-based developer of Legend of Mir II and MIR III online games. About CDC Corporation The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software focused on enterprise software applications and services, CDC Mobile focused on mobile applications, CDC Games focused on online games, and China.com focused on portals for the greater China markets. For more information about CDC Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CHINA), please visit www.cdccorporation.net Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the actions of the Chinese regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities , the ability of continue to shut down pirate servers in the future, the ability to attract other companies and governmental authorities to OGGAP, the ability of OGGAP to combat piracy and other statements that are not historical, the achievement of which involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties and changes in circumstances. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, including the following: (a) the uncertainty of anti-piracy crack down; (b) the continued popularity of Yulgang; (c) the uncertainty of the actions of the Chinese regulatory authorities; (d) the success of OGGAP in attracting new members; and, (e) the success of OGGAP in combating piracy. Further information on risks or other factors that could cause results to differ is detailed in filings or submissions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission made by CDC Corporation in its Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2006 on Form 20-F filed on July 2, 2007. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to management as of the date of the press release, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward looking statements which speak only as of the date of this press release. The company assumes no obligation to update or alter the forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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