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国际唱片巨头与中国搜索引擎公司之间的对抗,将会 如何收场? 向中国搜索引擎公司百度发难,国 际四大唱片业巨头(百代、华纳、 索尼BMG、环球)是有备而来的。 今年6月初,唱片公司利益的代表 组织——国际唱片业协会(IFPI)向百度 发出了律师函;7月28日,环球和百代 对百度提起诉讼;百度IPO之后的8月 15日,华纳提起诉讼;9月8日,索尼BMG 也加入了讨伐百度的军团。20天之后, 国际唱片业协会的主席约翰·肯尼迪造 访北京,寻求在反对盗版和扩大唱片市 场方面的合作上得到政府的支持。
How will the confrontation between international record giants and Chinese search engine companies end? To the Chinese search engine company Baidu, the world’s top four record industry giants (EMI, Warner Bros., Sony BMG, Universal) are well prepared. In early June of this year, IFPI, the representative organization of the interests of record companies, issued a letter of law to Baidu. On July 28, Universal and EMI sued Baidu; on August 15 after Baidu IPO, Warner filed a lawsuit Litigation; September 8, Sony BMG also joined the army crusade Baidu. Twenty days later, John F. Kennedy, president of the Federation of Recording Industry, visited Beijing to seek government support for cooperation in countering piracy and expanding the recording market.