Acrimonious end to copyright talks
By Xu Chi |
March 25, 2011, Friday
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FOUR hours of copyright discussions between Baidu, China's biggest Internet search engine, and Chinese writers and publishers broke down amid arguments yesterday.
This marks a major setback to the country's first online campaign in a bid to end copyright infringement issues.
Shen Haobo, a poet and one of the campaign's organizers, posted an announcement on his Sina's microblog, saying Baidu had rejected the four requirements from the writers and publishers, leading to the breakdown in talks.
Shen said they asked Baidu to make public apologies over numerous copyright infringement cases on its free massive data-sharing Wenku system and to stop book infringements.
They also asked Baidu to stop providing free E-books to reading devices and to set up a new operation mode allowing writers to check files before they are uploaded to the platform.
But Baidu refused to meet the four requirements. Lu Jinbo, a publisher who also attended the talk, said on his microblog yesterday evening that the Internet giant told the group that "Baidu officials are not aware of the copyright infringement issue, which should be decided by the courts."
According to Lu, about 2.78 million literary works are being shared on Baidu's Wenku system.
Publishers are setting up their alliance on a microblog, under the name "Anti-Baidu Chinese Publishers Alliance," and aim to get the support of every writer in the country.
This marks a major setback to the country's first online campaign in a bid to end copyright infringement issues.
Shen Haobo, a poet and one of the campaign's organizers, posted an announcement on his Sina's microblog, saying Baidu had rejected the four requirements from the writers and publishers, leading to the breakdown in talks.
Shen said they asked Baidu to make public apologies over numerous copyright infringement cases on its free massive data-sharing Wenku system and to stop book infringements.
They also asked Baidu to stop providing free E-books to reading devices and to set up a new operation mode allowing writers to check files before they are uploaded to the platform.
But Baidu refused to meet the four requirements. Lu Jinbo, a publisher who also attended the talk, said on his microblog yesterday evening that the Internet giant told the group that "Baidu officials are not aware of the copyright infringement issue, which should be decided by the courts."
According to Lu, about 2.78 million literary works are being shared on Baidu's Wenku system.
Publishers are setting up their alliance on a microblog, under the name "Anti-Baidu Chinese Publishers Alliance," and aim to get the support of every writer in the country.
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