自己的App被剽竊，飛行員起訴航空公司並索賠10億美元

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"一名達美航空的飛行員起訴達美航空竊取了自己開發的 App，索賠 10 億美元。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"App 開發"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Craig Alexander 是達美航空一名經驗豐富的飛行員，在航空業工作了 11 年，目前在達美航空一架 757 飛機上擔任機長。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"他利用業務時間開發了一款消息通訊 App，叫 QrewLive，它可以讓航班工作人員的交流變得更方便。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"爲了開發這款 App，他不僅花費了大量時間，而且還投入了 "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}],"text":"10 萬美元"},{"type":"text","text":"。據悉，Alexander 與一家位於亞特蘭大的軟件開發公司簽了合同。這家公司基於 RabbitMQ 構建了 QrewLive。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"這款軟件是“基於角色”的平臺，允許特定的航班機組的成員直接交流，有點類似於 Slack。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"創意被剽竊"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Alexander 把這款 App 拿給達美航空管理層，後者據稱表示了感興趣，但最終拒絕了，因爲它們發佈了一款與之類似的 App。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"據 Craig Alexander 介紹，2015 年和 2016 年，他與達美航空舉行了幾次積極的會議。達美航空的高管們最初對收購他的應用程序表現出了興趣。但在 2016 年後，達美航空停止了與 Alexander 關於這款 App 的交流。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2018 年 4 月，達美航空發佈了自己的消息通訊 App，叫 Flight Family Communications。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"image","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/static001.geekbang.org\/infoq\/6e\/6e2d1bdae4a5be952bc59c7b48fdfbe6.jpeg","alt":null,"title":null,"style":[{"key":"width","value":"75%"},{"key":"bordertype","value":"none"}],"href":null,"fromPaste":true,"pastePass":true}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Flight Family Communications 能做與 QrewLive 同樣的事情。達美航空在自己的 App 發佈的新聞稿中表示，它“可以確保在航班工作的成員出發前，就各種事項進行交流，比如餐飲、托運行李、檢查飛機等等”。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"據悉，Alexander 與達美航空高管間的會議可能是在 CEO Ed Bastian 和 CIO Rahul Samant 的要求下舉行的。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"2016 年 8 月，達美航空亞特蘭大數據中心發生斷電事故。該事件不僅導致航班中斷五個小時，而且公司損失超過 1.5 億美元。這件事後，Alexander 向 CEO 發送了一封電子郵件，稱自己有一個“解決方案”，可以在未來出現宕機時爲航班工作人員提供幫助。而 CEO 回覆了這封電子郵件，並將他引薦給 CIO。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"飛行員憤而起訴"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"據悉，Alexander 在佐治亞州法院提起訴訟，指控達美航空竊取商業機密。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"他在指控中表示，“Flight Family Communications 就是'暴力抄襲'的產物，就是我 Craig 開發的 QrewLive 消息通訊平臺的複製品“。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"這位飛行員在訴訟中強調，CEO 和 CIO 都向投資方吹噓過這款應用給達美航空帶來的溝通效率提升。Alexander 在賠償要求部分還提到，這項技術產生的價值“單在爲達美航空節約的運營成本方面，保守估計就超過了 10 億美元。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Alexander 還要求對達美航空施以懲罰性賠償。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"“比盜竊與由此造成的損失更令人傷心欲絕的是，Craig Alexander 機長在達美航空的日常工作中必須隨時使用這款剽竊自其 QreLive 短信平臺的 Flight Family Communications 應用。每當看到 Flight Family Communications 應用，他都會痛苦地想到達美航空竊取了他的專有商業機密、並藉此爲達美創造了巨大的經濟利益。”"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"作爲達美員工，Alexander 機長的申訴未必能夠得到認可，畢竟企業通常對員工開發的一切產品具備所有權。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Alexander 則在指控中強調，他在 QrewLive 的開發工作上投入了大量時間和資源，還提到達美航空之前承諾願意以等同於外部供應商的條件從他手中採購這款應用。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"更多詳情："}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2021\/07\/pilot-sues-delta-for-1-billion-alleging-it-stole-his-messaging-app\/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social"}]}]}