Record Labels Keep On Trying: Sue Baidu For Copyright Infringement Yet Again
from the keep-on-suing dept
Back in December, Alibaba, the Chinese search engine also known as Yahoo China, lost a lawsuit from the recording industry, claiming that the search engine facilitated the downloading of unauthorized content. It's no secret that part of the reason why Alibaba and Baidu have been able to succeed in China is that they're pretty blatant in helping people find content to download. What was strange, though, was at the same time that Yahoo/Alibaba was found guilty, Baidu was found not guilty of copyright infringement, upholding an earlier decision. However, despite having lost the case, it appears that the major record labels have simply turned around and sued Baidu yet again for copyright infringement. Unfortunately, the Reuters writeup doesn't get into the history of the earlier cases (one of which ended just over a month ago) to explain why the labels can simply turn around and sue again, despite having just lost a nearly identical case.
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Filed Under: china, copyright, riaa
Companies: baidu, ifpi, riaa
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Record company insanity
These lawyers are seriously playing with fire. Suing someone again, just because you lost the first time is pure lunacy. Pretty soon, you're going to be at the wrong end of an "interfering with the legitimate business of a Chinese state company" prosecution. You don't normally get out of those, except in a box.
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IFPI-Baidu/Yahoo Case History - the true account
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