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p2pnet.net news:- Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s IFPI is well pleased with a Chinese file sharing ruling ——– against Yahoo.
“This is a good news day for the music industry,” chortles the IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry) . “This judgement will boost the growth of a licensed digital music business in China and provide better protection for intellectual property in this vast, exciting market.”
What, precisely, made it so happy?
A Beijing Court, “has confirmed that Yahoo! China has clear responsibility for removing all links to the infringing tracks on its service,” says the Big 4 enforcer, adding:”
“Since this is a judgment made under new regulations in China, today’s judgment supersedes the previous decision on Baidu and confirms the responsibility of all similar music search providers in China.”
The judgment, delivered on Tuesday, “gives our members the legal basis to require all music search engines in China to remove infringing links from their service - which we will do,” says the IFPI. “The Court has effectively called time on this type of mass digital piracy in China. Now we must see that this ruling is respected by all those who seek to profit from providing access to music online in this way.”
So that was China’s vaunted Net police doing a number on Yahoo. Correct?
Nope.
The IFPI itself was behind the decision, proudly boasting it filed 11 separate claims for an injunction and damages against the Chinese internet search engine Yahoo! China in January 2007, “after the service walked away from talks regarding its alleged infringement of the record companies’ rights”.
Also See:
IFPI - Yahoo! China ruling, April 24, 2007
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