Yahoo sued because they provide links to mp3 files....
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]According to their chairman, John Kennedy, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) is [a href="vny!://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5142748.stm"]preparing to sue Yahoo China[/a] unless negotiations are agreed upon which satisfy the IFPI.
Yahoo China is the second most popular search engine in China, with the frontrunner, Baidu, [a href="vny!://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/19/1757234&tid=187"]already involved[/a] in an ongoing lawsuit brought by the IFPI. The BBC article is vague in its description of what exactly Yahoo China would be sued for, mentioning that it provides links to pirated music tracks but not explaining this any further other than a statement that 'a simple search on Yahoo China found mp3 files of recent releases for direct download within a few clicks.
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Hello? EVERY search engine will do this, that's what search engines do- provide links to things. The only way to avoid this would be to manually go through every web page, download all the mp3s that you can find and verify that they aren't pirated. And if they were, then you'd be committing piracy!
I have to say, the world has turned upside down when [span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]China[/span] is sued by a "[span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]free world[/span]" organization for having [span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]too much liberty on something[/span]...
