Yahoo China Appeals Ruling To Remove Links To Unlicensed Music

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 […]

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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