Beijing court sides with Baidu in music piracy case

[Hairbautt]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/Hairbautt/News%20Images/MusicPiracy.pngBEIJING (AFP) - "A Beijing appeals court has found top Chinese search engine Baidu.com not guilty of property rights infringement for posting links to websites offering illegal music downloads, state media said Monday.

The ruling issued Sunday by the People's High Court of Beijing brings to an end a case brought by several major international music labels, including EMI, Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal Music, Xinhua news agency reported.
The music companies accused Baidu of facilitating illegal downloads without their permission and demanded an apology, suspension of the activity, and 1.67 million yuan (222,666 dollars) in compensation, it said."

:source: Source: Full Article @ Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071231/tc_afp/lifestylechinainternetpiracymusicbaidu)

[jokzor]

thats because they werent downloading mp3.. they were...
http://www.wenger-online.de/blog/archives/mp3_comunism-thumb.jpeg


and for those who aren't laughing china is comunist :)

[peat moss]

They have their own rules .... China I mean .

[TheFoX]

(222,666 dollars)

Isn't that less than Jamie Thomas was fined?

[jokzor]

fox, i gotta say this again, your avatar is awesome

[suppie727]

baidu is wiggity whack and they do whatever they want.