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Ruling against IFPI on Baidu

November 24, 2006

 A Chinese court rules against the IFPI in its case against search engine Baidu. The domain mp3.baidu.com allows users to search for mp3s on third party sites and often provides deep links to those mp3s. The IFPI is appealing. It is an important case since the majority of the Chinese music market is illegal but there is potential for growth in that market.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-11-17T090714Z_01_PEK78197_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-CHINA-PIRACY.xml&src=rss