Baidu Wins Lawsuit Against Sony, Warner Music, Universal Music an 5 Others
The group of 8 – EMI, Sony BMG, Warner Music, Universal Music and four others representing 1,400 recording companies in 73 countries all ganged up on Baidu.com – China’s largest Internet search engine – in court….and LOST.
The 1st Intermediate Court in Beijing ruled that the files were being downloaded from web serves of external parties, not from Baidu.
The same group is also beginning to lose another court battle against Yahoo, China – China’s 2nd largest search engine. Yahoo, China is owned by Alibaba.com, which itself is 40% owned by Yahoo.
So, why should the search engines be held accountable? Don’t they just tell users where things are?
Why isn’t this group of 8 going after the providers of the music?
Piracy is a big deal in China. Always has been and will be for some time to come. But, then China is tightening enforcement, such that, priates in India will be able to make a killing.
As long as their are products that can be stolen, people will steal them….if for no other reason, then just because they can.
What do you think?
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