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Music Giants Sue Baidu Over Music Downloads

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sweet-sound-of-being-silenced dept.

chengee writes "Music giants Universal, EMI, Warner, Sony BMG and their local subsidiaries are suing Chinese search engine Baidu for allegedly infringing the copyright of hundreds of songs, a press report said Friday. Looks like the party is going to be over for Chinese downloaders. But more importantly how will this lawsuit turn out in a place known for its lax copyright laws?"

7 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. Text of the Suit (in case of Slashdotting) by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 2, Funny

    Avast ye scurvy scaliwags, it be the plank for ye! Arr!

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    1. Re:Text of the Suit (in case of Slashdotting) by TheOtherAgentM · · Score: 2, Funny

      Damn Chinese pirates! Wait, being Chinese born in America, I don't know certain things. Do Chinese pirates say "Alllllllll!"

  2. Darn. by TheOtherAgentM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now they're going to have to stick to buying DVDs for a dollar on the streets.

  3. Avast Mateys!!! by Eberlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    There be no treasure here, matey! Arrrr. If tis pirates they seek, tis pirates they find in these high seas. Arrrr.

    The land lubbers be afterrr us for piracy, but I swear on my right eyepatch that we be faring better than the fate of walking the plank. Arrrrr.

    Baidu be giving treasure maps to this here loot and booty (points with hook hand) but for all the enterprising yellowbeards, we have ways to bury our pirate gold. Arrrr.

    "Old pirates, yes, they rob i;
    Sold I to the merchant ships,
    Minutes after they took i
    From the bottomless pit."

        -- Redemption Song (Bob Marley)

  4. Who is Sue Baidu? by ignavus · · Score: 1, Funny

    Who is Sue Baidu?

    Why does she work for the Music Giants? Are they a baseball team?

    And if she has got over music downloads, why haven't the rest of the RIAA got over them?

    "Music Giants Sue Baidu Over Music Downloads." Well, she's a start. Now if only the rest of them catch on...

    And in other news: Allies push bottles up Germans.

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  5. Re:Care to provide some proof? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Care to provide some proof? (Score:0)
    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19, @06:50PM (#13599648)

    How very appropriate.

  6. Re:And as for your name... by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Arrr... So ye're Parroty Bit ye, eh?

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