Baidu.com Inc announced plans to appeal a Beijing court ruling that found the Chinese search engine guilty of violating copyrights held by a local affiliate of music major EMI Group PLC, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Baidu's lawyer. The court ruled Baidu's website provided access to illegal MP3 files of music copyrighted by Shanghai Push, EMI's China-based affiliate. The court also ordered Baidu to pay the plaintiff US$8,408 compensation for the 34 company copyrights Baidu violated and to stop the downloads related to Shanghai Push songs. Baidu's MP3 search page has attracted the attention of global giants Sony BMG, Vivendi Universal, and Warner Music Group, some of which are rumored to be suing the Chinese company.
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