Chinese Firms Face the Music On Downloads

A Chinese court has agreed to consider copyright-infringement cases against two China-based Internet heavyweights that offer illicit music downloading, potentially opening Chinese companies to hefty damage claims they have previously dodged.

The music-industry lawsuits claim $9 million in damages against and $7.5 million against Sogou, the music-delivery service operated by Sohu.com.

... While the dollar amounts are small because they are based on claims of infringement for just a few hundred songs, this is the highest amount the music industry has sued for in China.

[via The Wall Street Journal]

emily | 9:08 AM | Copyright Protection |
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