Big Music sues China’s Baidu
p2p news / p2pnet:- The owners of the Big Four record label cartel are suing Communist China’s largest search engine, Baidu, claiming it’s violated the copyright of hundreds of songs, says Hong Kong’s The Standard.
Baidu, in which Google has an interest, is going great guns and as p2pnet pointed out in August, mp3 search is the main reason for its stupendous growth.
Were did our information originate? From no less than Beijing`s China Internet Network Information Center.
Universal, EMI, Warner, Sony BMG and their local subsidiaries, Cinepoly, Go East and Gold Label, are suing the search company in a Beijing court for infringing the copyright of hundreds of songs,” says The Standard.
They allege that the search service makes it easy for users to listen to and download illegal copies of their songs, said a source close to the music companies.
In a statement issued Thursday night in response to inquiries by The Standard, Baidu said ‘the company acknowledges the litigation in question’.”
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See:-
The Standard – Baidu sued over music downloads, September 16, 2005
mp3 search – Mp3s keep Baidu on top, August 5, 2005
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September 16th, 2005 at 11:44 pm
I hope Baidu and the Chinese government gives them the finger. They need to be told to F@#K OFF!!! Linking songs is not theft, heck file sharing is NOT THEFT. It’s is not theft, if the person is not deprived of the song. It is simply copying. And NO you can not say it is “lost sales” because they have not intent of buying it in the first place. It is like as a passerby walking and hears music playing from an open concert. You can not argue that the person “stole” the song.
It’s the 21st Century, learn to live in the times.
One of these days, I really hope someone/organization sticks it up to the RIAA / MPAA and their minions…
…Actually I’m nust just hoping, I’m doing whatever I can to stop their ASSAULTS and PERSECUTIONS!
People, the common person, all 6.5 billion of them are a lot more ingenious than one would assumes. Let’s work together and put a STOP to this corrupt system!