A couple of days ago, a group of organizations – trade groups, American, European and Japanese chambers of commerce, and the U.S. National Association of Manufacturers – had protested against the Chinese plan to include web filtering software, Green Dam Youth Escort, on every PC in sold in China. It was an unprecedented move, but as we predicted, it didn’t bring any immediate results, as the big companies already started caving in. The first one to do so seems to be Sony, which already started to comply with Chinese demands, including the software with at least some of its PCs sold in China. This info does not come directly from Sony, but from a document that came with a new Sony Vaio computer shipped in China. A Chinese blogger posted an image of the document on TwitPic , and it was translated by Rebecca MacKinnon, Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Centre. According to this document, Sony took the easiest route, merely providing the Green Dam program on the hard drive, listing its location in this document, along with a number of disclaimers, such as: “Sony cannot guarrantee the authenticity, legality, or compatibility of the software’s content, function, service or any other feature.” “Sony assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any kinds of loss or harm incurred by the user as a result of use of Green Dam

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