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Yahoo! Slammed Over Piracy By Chinese Court

Posted by Zonk on from the dangerous-precedent dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Setting a precedent likely to have far-ranging consequences, a Chinese court has once again lambasted Yahoo! China over piracy concerns. The search firm is (according to the court) infringing on intellectual property rights by allowing copyrighted materials to be downloaded from the internet via search results. 'John Kennedy, chairman and CEO of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, or IFPI, said in a statement Thursday. "By confirming that Yahoo China's service violates copyright under new Chinese laws, the Beijing court has effectively set the standard for Internet companies throughout the country."'"

5 of 102 comments (clear)

  1. OH NOZ! by ILuvRamen · · Score: 1, Funny

    an ISP is letting people access the internet? HOW DARE THEY?!

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    1. Re:OH NOZ! by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dunno but from what I've seen Yahoo China has a "warez search" option.

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  2. Selective Enforcement by corby · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is great news. I predict this law will end all copyright violations of photographs of the Tiananmen Square protests.

  3. Re:When in China... by sm62704 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When in China, do as the Chinese do...

    Shoot people and charge their families for the bullet?

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  4. Re:When in China... by diersing · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah! The American way is to kill them at the government's cost.