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| Music labels lose MP3 search case | Music labels lose MP3 search case |
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| China's leading web search engine has been cleared of copyright infringement by a Beijing court. | China's leading web search engine has been cleared of copyright infringement by a Beijing court. |
| Baidu.com faced a lawsuit from music companies after posting links to sites offering illegal music downloads. | Baidu.com faced a lawsuit from music companies after posting links to sites offering illegal music downloads. |
| But the ruling said the service did not constitute an infringement as the music was downloaded from webservers of third parties, state press reported. | But the ruling said the service did not constitute an infringement as the music was downloaded from webservers of third parties, state press reported. |
| This overturns an earlier ruling, which had ordered Baidu to pay a distributor of EMI 68,000 yuan (£8,400). | This overturns an earlier ruling, which had ordered Baidu to pay a distributor of EMI 68,000 yuan (£8,400). |
| Companies including EMI, Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal Music had demanded a public apology from Baidu, the suspension of its download service and 1.73m yuan ($216,250) compensation. | |
| Baidu argued the MP3 search engine it provided was the same as other search engines providing links to web pages, news and pictures. | Baidu argued the MP3 search engine it provided was the same as other search engines providing links to web pages, news and pictures. |
| "If the music companies had won, the whole search engine sector would have ground to a halt," Xinhua news agency quoted a Baidu spokesman as saying. | "If the music companies had won, the whole search engine sector would have ground to a halt," Xinhua news agency quoted a Baidu spokesman as saying. |
| The report said the music companies would appeal against the ruling. | The report said the music companies would appeal against the ruling. |