Music industry to sue Yahoo China

Posted on July 4, 2006 9:55 PM | | Comments (0)

BBC World News
04 July 2006

The music industry is to sue Yahoo China for allegedly providing links to pirated tracks.
"We've started the process and as far as we're concerned we're on a track to litigation," John Kennedy, chairman of the IFPI, told Bloomberg.com.

Yahoo China is the second largest search engine in the country, and is 40% owned by Yahoo Inc.

Mr Kennedy told Bloomberg he hoped that negotiation could still prevent legal proceedings from starting.

Last year the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries, whose members include EMI, Sony BMG and Warner Music, sued Baidu, the most popular search engine in China and the dispute is ongoing.

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