What I find a kind of cute is when Americans start talking about legal things in China and their passionate believe in the strength of the legal process.For those who have missed the news, Yahoo China has been convicted by a Beijing court to pay up for possible IPR infringements in a court case started by the IFPI, an acronym reporting TorrentFreak fails to explain, but it seems one of the old-media representatives from the US who have not yet come to terms to the new online realities.
IFPI representatives are clear about the future of both Baidu and Yahoo China:
“Now that both site’s searches are going to disappear, so now Chinese piracy will virtually end over night.”Baidu was earlier cleared in a similar case, but since then new laws in China have been introduced that were effective in the Yahoo case. Well, if they work as the IFPI hopes and that is not only in China a question, also in cyberspace, let alone in the Chinese cyberspace. None of the mainstream media has picked this up. That might be because of the holiday season, but I think a wait-and-see what is going to happen would be very wise before all getting worked up.
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The coverage of this news by mainstream media has been spotty with all of them regurgitating the IFPI's lame press release blaming "old" Chinese laws for their Baidu loss. However, lawyers in China have debunked IFPI's claims, and one wonders if IFPI's statement is misinformation or reflects their ignorance of how the legal system works in China. More details here: http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/95
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