Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Yahoo.cn Mirroring Baidu.com's Copyright Infringements

"Asia Pacific regional office of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the music business' main lobbying arm, sent Yahoo China cease-and-desist warnings on behalf of the four major international labels in December." Like Baidu.com before, Yahoo.cn is deep-linking to unlicensed mp3-files and ringtones (via http://www.3721.com, with the Y! brand) , and unlike Baidu.com before, to unlicensensed streaming music.

Read Tim Culpan's article for Reuters here.

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