Majors Target Baidu & Sohu, MP3 Search Engines In China
In what could be the biggest claim for copyright-infringement damages in China, the major music labels have joined together to file copyright-infringement lawsuits in a Beijing court against two Chinese Internet companies, Baidu.com Inc. and Sohu.com Inc. The labels claim that the two companies promote illegal music file-sharing and are suing Baidu.com Inc. for $9 million and Sogou for $7.5 million in damages. The suit against...
Gibson, TC Group Cancel Merger
After much fanfare at the 2008 NAMM show in January, Gibson and TC Group have cancelled their planned merger. No details as to why the coupling disintegrated. TC Group, the holding company behind Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC-Helicon and TC Applied Technologies, and Gibson, litigation-happy guitar manufacturer, issued an identical press statement, which noted that the decision followed “an intensive effort by both...
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