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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?"

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  1. Google by mysqlrocks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "From the copyright point of view, we think differently than the music companies. Baidu is just a platform for music search," Liang said.

    Why aren't they suing Google as well? Google makes it possible to find copyrighted material? Of course one could use a search engine to find the people who are providing illegal copies and sue them.
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  2. Re:When it suits them... by rainman_bc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's just a fact of history: the signature on a treaty is no stronger than the signing arm.

    Which is exactly why the US completely disregards NAFTA - the framework they themselves helped build.

    They only apply NAFTA as it suits them, not the other way around. The US is no different than China IMO.

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