February 5, 2008
Warner, Universal take action against Baidu over piracy
Three global record companies have launched legal proceedings against China's top Internet search engine Baidu.com Inc, accusing it of violating copyright by giving access to music files, an international music trade body said.
A court has asked Baidu to remove all links on its music delivery service to copyright-infringing tracks that they own the rights to, theInternational Federation of the Phonographic Industrysaid in a statement.
Separate action is also being taken against Chinese media firm Sohu.com Inc.
Yahoo China also faces proceedings after refusing to comply with a December ruling by the Beijing Higher People's Court which confirmed that the company violated Chinese law by committing mass copyright infringement, IFPI added.
[via The Washington Post]
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