Music Giants Sue Baidu Over Music Downloads

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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Avast Mateys!!!

[Eberlin]

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)

Google

[mysqlrocks]

"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.

Re:When it suits them...

[rainman_bc]

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.