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The International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) announced today that it "is taking the preliminary steps required by Chinese law for filing a lawsuit" against Yahoo China.The IFPI, which is a federation of the world's biggest music companies, has targeted Yahoo China (a partnership between Yahoo Inc which owns 40% and Alibaba.com) and Baidu not for hosting unlicensed music files or making them available for download, but for for providing links to web sites that do, thus directing users to easy downloads.
While the question of of how far a search engine responsibility goes in providing search results, Yahoo China isn't just offering links to sites that provide the unlicensed downloads, it also has an MP3 tab on its main page where even a non-Chinese speaker can find her desired music.
The other problem for Yahoo China might be that a Beijing judge has already ordered Baidu last year to stop directing users to music download sites.
The IFPI estimates that about 85 percent of all music consumed in China is pirated, which calls to attention the cultural and legal differences between China and other countries when it comes to copyright laws and infringements.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-05-2006 @ 3:01PM
david_12 said...
I think that the search engine such as Google, must note that any links that offer free download of unlicensed music/video should at the least have notification stating such is the case and let the downloaders be held responsible for paying the fee.
david12