Yahoo China Appeals ‘Deep Link’ Ruling from Billboard reports Yahoo China is appealing the ruling for Yahoo China to remove links to the unlicensed music and pay record companies $27,000 in damages.

Yahoo released a statement:

We will appeal this decision because we believe Yahoo China’s music search service both meets and exceeds the relevant legal standards for intellectual property protection.

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