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30 Mar 09

Google China Signs Big Music For Free MP3 Search Engine

  • The site offers over a million music tracks thanks to a partnership with Top100.cn (a company co-founded by basketball start Yao Ming which Google has invested in), most of them Chinese but also foreign tunes approved by the government. For example, users can download the latest Metallica album free of charge, of which you can see a screenshot below. Apart from the four labels mentioned above, several major publishers and 140+ indie labels are said to be on board.
  • Google is making this move to gain more ground on Baidu, the leading search engine in China, which has been offering free MP3s for years, part of the reason why it became the leader in the first place (it has roughly double the market share in search than Google). A Baidu representative has already responded to the launch of the new MP3 search engine, saying Google is entering the game too late and that this particular ship has long sailed.
31 Dec 08

Chinese Court Convicts 11 in Microsoft Piracy Case - NYTimes.com

  • Counterfeiting experts say the ring appeared to be less interested in selling its products inside China, where counterfeit Microsoft software can be purchased for as little as $3. It sought the higher-value export market.
22 Nov 08

MCSC, Baidu to Settle Copyright Infringement Out of Court | Marbridge Consulting - China Internet News

  • Marbridge was informed that the conciliation directive issued by the judge does not simply mean an “out of court settlement” process between just the MCSC and Baidu, but rather one which will still be presided over by the judge, with the prospect that it could still end up with a court ruling. The same lawyer added that a conciliation presided over by the court differs from a settlement "out of court" in that conciliation is part of the judicial procedure and an alternative, though milder, way to resolve disputes in China.
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