自己的App被剽窃，飞行员起诉航空公司并索赔10亿美元

{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"一名达美航空的飞行员起诉达美航空窃取了自己开发的 App，索赔 10 亿美元。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"App 开发"}]},{"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 是达美航空一名经验丰富的飞行员，在航空业工作了 11 年，目前在达美航空一架 757 飞机上担任机长。"}]},{"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":"他利用业务时间开发了一款消息通讯 App，叫 QrewLive，它可以让航班工作人员的交流变得更方便。"}]},{"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":"为了开发这款 App，他不仅花费了大量时间，而且还投入了 "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"strong"}],"text":"10 万美元"},{"type":"text","text":"。据悉，Alexander 与一家位于亚特兰大的软件开发公司签了合同。这家公司基于 RabbitMQ 构建了 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":"这款软件是“基于角色”的平台，允许特定的航班机组的成员直接交流，有点类似于 Slack。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"创意被剽窃"}]},{"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 把这款 App 拿给达美航空管理层，后者据称表示了感兴趣，但最终拒绝了，因为它们发布了一款与之类似的 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":"据 Craig Alexander 介绍，2015 年和 2016 年，他与达美航空举行了几次积极的会议。达美航空的高管们最初对收购他的应用程序表现出了兴趣。但在 2016 年后，达美航空停止了与 Alexander 关于这款 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，达美航空发布了自己的消息通讯 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 能做与 QrewLive 同样的事情。达美航空在自己的 App 发布的新闻稿中表示，它“可以确保在航班工作的成员出发前，就各种事项进行交流，比如餐饮、托运行李、检查飞机等等”。"}]},{"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":"据悉，Alexander 与达美航空高管间的会议可能是在 CEO Ed Bastian 和 CIO Rahul Samant 的要求下举行的。"}]},{"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，达美航空亚特兰大数据中心发生断电事故。该事件不仅导致航班中断五个小时，而且公司损失超过 1.5 亿美元。这件事后，Alexander 向 CEO 发送了一封电子邮件，称自己有一个“解决方案”，可以在未来出现宕机时为航班工作人员提供帮助。而 CEO 回复了这封电子邮件，并将他引荐给 CIO。"}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":2},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"飞行员愤而起诉"}]},{"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":"据悉，Alexander 在佐治亚州法院提起诉讼，指控达美航空窃取商业机密。"}]},{"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'暴力抄袭'的产物，就是我 Craig 开发的 QrewLive 消息通讯平台的复制品“。"}]},{"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":"这位飞行员在诉讼中强调，CEO 和 CIO 都向投资方吹嘘过这款应用给达美航空带来的沟通效率提升。Alexander 在赔偿要求部分还提到，这项技术产生的价值“单在为达美航空节约的运营成本方面，保守估计就超过了 10 亿美元。”"}]},{"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 还要求对达美航空施以惩罚性赔偿。"}]},{"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":"“比盗窃与由此造成的损失更令人伤心欲绝的是，Craig Alexander 机长在达美航空的日常工作中必须随时使用这款剽窃自其 QreLive 短信平台的 Flight Family Communications 应用。每当看到 Flight Family Communications 应用，他都会痛苦地想到达美航空窃取了他的专有商业机密、并借此为达美创造了巨大的经济利益。”"}]},{"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":"作为达美员工，Alexander 机长的申诉未必能够得到认可，毕竟企业通常对员工开发的一切产品具备所有权。"}]},{"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 则在指控中强调，他在 QrewLive 的开发工作上投入了大量时间和资源，还提到达美航空之前承诺愿意以等同于外部供应商的条件从他手中采购这款应用。"}]},{"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":"更多详情："}]},{"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"}]}]}