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Music Industry Prepares to Sue Yahoo China
magicchex writes "According to their chairman, John Kennedy, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) is preparing to sue Yahoo China unless negotiations are agreed upon which satisfy the IFPI. Yahoo China is the second most popular search engine in China, with the frontrunner, Baidu, already involved in an ongoing lawsuit brought by the IFPI. The BBC article is vague in its description of what exactly Yahoo China would be sued for, mentioning that it provides links to pirated music tracks but not explaining this any further other than a statement that 'a simple search on Yahoo China found mp3 files of recent releases for direct download within a few clicks.'"
I really didn't expect we'll live until the days when an evil totalitarian regime will be in some regards better than the US.
On the other hand, it may be a good idea to attach a generator to G. Washington's, T. Jefferson's and co coffins. Just think of the free energy!
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
you can't go sueing search engines because they contain links to links of pirated mp3s... thats just what a search engine does... it seems the only way to avoid this would be to manually go through every web page, download all the mp3s that you can get to and check that they are not pirated...
What's wrong with that? If it saves the life of one innocent child, isn't it worth it? We must do our patriotic duty to make sure there are no links to links to links and especialy no circular links to pirated materials anywhere on the net. Do your part good citizen and help to assure that the children of RIAA executives are assured a bright future!
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
It's "war against Communist Pirating China" this time, not "think of the children". Don't switch hypes too much, please, people might catch on.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Except the president of the IFPI is a Brit. Don't worry, yanks don't have a monopoly on stupid - the rest of the world certainly has its fair share.
If these two examples are representative of the music linked to by Yahoo China, then this lawsuit has my full backing.
Bravo to them, I say. Bravo.
But the US is free*!
* Some restriction apply. Does not include surcharges or related expenses. Only applicable 3 days per week. Government may alter agreement without notice. Not suitable for children under 12.
That should be "music" not "mucis" though some bands make more of the latter than the former.