Yahoo! Slammed Over Piracy By Chinese Court

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 21, 2007 @05:53AM 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."'"

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Great FireWall of China by Anonymous Coward · 2007-12-21 06:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Here's an older story on how Chinese government is using its gulag system composed of political dissidents and Falun Gong to build the Great Fire Wall of China.[News]
Re:SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by KDR_11k · 2007-12-21 06:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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Yes, they should know better than indexing things by ohgood · 2007-12-21 06:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

(Didn't RTFA) China how I love your goods, China pirates knock on woods, China gathers all the tools, and throws them to the lions.