<h4>Chapter 1060 – Aiwa is being sued</h4>
“Kameda, Heitaro, why are both of you here?” Feng Yu was surprised to see Kameda Masao and Heitaro Nakajima in his Wind and Rain Empire State Building’s office.
Kameda Masao should be liaising with Tai Hua Holdings on its hard disk technologies as they had spent a lot of money to buy technologies. They should set up factories and a research center to continue developing it.
As for Heitaro Nakajima, AIWA had introduced a new earphone, and he should be focusing on its sales now.
“Boss, AIWA is being sued!” Heitaro Nakajima said.
“Huh? Being sued?! Why? By whom?” Feng Yu first thought to his mind is Sony is finding trouble with AIWA again.
“We are being sued by apany called, Recording Industry Association of America, for intellectual property rights infringements because we are allowing free downloads of MP3 songs.” Heitaro Nakajima exined.
Feng Yu frowned. “Didn’t I ask you all to set up a website that charges users when they download MP3, and you told me that it had been done?”
“Yes. The website is up, and our customers who bought our MP3 yers will get a free ount that allows them to have unlimited downloads for a month. We had also gotten the property rights to the songs. But many of the users are unhappy with the variety of songs on our websites, and some websites started providing free downloads of songs. This had nothing to do with us.”
Heitaro Nakajima is frustrated. He felt like he is a knife seller, and someone had bought and used the knife to kill someone. How can he be responsible for that crime? Furthermore, he had reminded this customer that the knife he sold is supposed to be used in the kitchen and not for killing others!
That Recording Industry Association must be jealous of the rising sales of AIWA’s MP3 yers!
We are not selling counterfeits, and why are we being sued?
Kameda Masao added. “The courts in the US had epted this case and want us to attend courts. I had hired the bestwyer on the East Coast, and we will win this case!”
“Yes. You are right. They are jealous of our product. Since we had done nothing wrong, we will fight this case to the end. Not only must we win this case, but we also have to drag it out by one or two months and let the media report about this.”
Heitaro Nakajima does not understand the purpose of doing this, but Kameda Masao replied with an ‘impressed’ expression. “Boss, you want to use this court case to promote our MP3 yers? This will surely attract the attention of many people, and it is equivalent to advertising all over the US and the world. Our MP3 yer sales will surely skyrocket!”
It’s easy to speak to a smart person. Heitaro Nakajima might be talented in developing music-rted electronic products and management. Still, in terms of sales, Kameda Masao is much better.
Also, Heitaro Nakajima is getting older, and his mind is not as sharp as before. He is not as motivated in the past two years,pared to before. Seems like it’s time to get a sessor for AIWA.
Heitaro Nakajima’s deputy is a good candidate. He is below 40 years old and had been working for Heitaro Nakajima for almost 20 years. He had experienced AIWA’s ups and downs with Heitaro Nakajima, and most importantly, he is ambitious and good at ttery like Kameda Masao.
Feng Yu does not like people without ambition. He is not afraid of his subordinates being ambitious, as none of his subordinates can escape his clutches!
“Heitaro Nakajima, our second generation of MP3 yers, had been released. When are we introducing the third generation?” Feng Yu asked.
“We will release the third generation of MP3 yers after we won the court case. This new MP3 yer will have bigger storage of 512mb, and it’s only the size of two fingers. It will be using two No.7 batteries and canst for 8 hours. There will be an LCD disy, and the customer can set up a ylist...”
Feng Yu nodded with satisfaction as he listened to Heitaro Nakajima’s introduction of theirtest product.
That’s right. MP3 yers must be small andpact, and this is the selling point of it.
Sony’s MD yer is quite good, except for its size. Since it is a portable music yer, it must be small.
The MP3 yer is still using sh drive technology, and sh drives are very expensive now. But the good thing is you can add or remove the songs in the MP3 yer with a PC.
The best part about the MP3 yer is for the user to download the songs they want. Most CDs in the market are albums, and customers might not like all the songs in the album.
If CD does not have this w, cassette yer Walkman would have been obsoleted a long time ago.
“Did anyone in the market notice our MP3 yers, and start imitation?” This very important. The amount of energy and funds put into the development is very different when one is one step ahead, and the other is half a step ahead.
“Yes. Samsung had started their research on MP3 yers and had introduced a model. But their yer’s size and functions are the same as our first generation yers. When their yer isunched, other than South Korea, no customers are buying. Some otherpanies in South Korea had also looked into MP3 yers but still have not produced any products. In the US, apany called Diamond had introduced an MP3 yer that is simr to our second-generation yers and is selling in North America.”
Heitaro Nakajima is very proud. Samsung had be a follower, and it’s hard for a follower to overtake him.
AIWA’s technologies, sales channels, factories, branding, etc. are stronger and is ahead of itspetitors. The total sales of other brands MP3 yers cannot bepared to AIWA.
“Sopanies are producing MP3 yers. Are they sued?”
“No. We are the only ones who are sued. That’s why I am sure they are targeting us! Out of all thepanies, only ourpanies are providing licensed MP3 songs to download on our website!”
When mentioned this, Heitaro Nakajima is furious. Why are you not suing the ones who are supposed to be sued?!
Feng Yu heard this and is mad. Do you think you can step all over us?! Is it AIWA is growing rapidly, and you all want to stop us?
If AIWA is the onlypany that was sued, the otherpanies might take this opportunity to overtake them. Since you all want to fight, then we will fight!
Feng Yu will use this opportunity to target the otherpany’s products. The Recording Industry Association ims that downloading pirated MP3 songs is illegal. We are providing MP3 songs with copyrights, and thosepanies are not. You all should sue them.
“Alright. We will fight them in courts, and our development must continue. Don’t be afraid of spending too much research funds, as this product will bring in lots of profit in the future. If you all encounter any problem with thewsuit, inform me. I will think of a solution.”
Trantor’s notes:
Recording Industry Association of America