Chinese Court Rules Yahoo China Liable For Copyright Infringement

The International. Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has revealed that Beijing’s high court has upheld the convictions for copyright infringement of Yahoo! China, a joint partly owned by Yahoo Inc. Charges against Baidu, another online music service operating in China, were dismissed and the concern will not be held liable. According to the court, Yahoo China “runs an operation enabling users to search for,...

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TorrentSpy Drop-Kicked By Federal Judge In MPAA Copyright Lawsuit

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled against TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent indexing site, in a case brought on by the Motion Picture Association of America for copyright infringement. The Judge stated that TorrentSpy’s “hiding and destruction of evidence” made a fair trial impossible, and impacted the ability for the movie studios to prove its case. “The court finds that plaintiffs have suffered prejudice,...

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