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China Sued Over Web Music Piracy

From BBC News:

The trade body representing the global record industry has launched piracy lawsuits against China’s biggest internet companies.

Firms targeted in the legal action include Baidu, China’s largest internet business, and Yahoo China, in which US giant Yahoo has a 44% stake.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry says the firms offer direct links to pirated music.

It estimates that 99% of all music files in China are pirated.

• Posted by Liu Yong
• February 4, 2008 7:44 PM
• Category: Information Revolution, Law, World
• Tags: copyright, lawsuits, music piracy, piracy

Origin: BBC News, BBC News

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POSTED COMMENTS: 2 Responses

• This is an absurb entry title. How does a chinese company getting sued got tied to the whole country itself?

  By Tian | February 4th, 2008 at 10:53 pm

• Agreed, this is not a good headline, but it’s the original BBC headline for the story we’re linking to. thanks for your comment.

  By Sophie Beach | February 4th, 2008 at 11:07 pm

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