Baidu Sued Once Again By Music Industry

Baidu, the largest search engine in China, is once again in trouble with the music industry.

The search engine apparently gets substantial traffic because of a service that links to MP3s, with quite a few being of the not kosher variety.

Now the Music Copyright Society of China has sued the search engine, alleging that it provided “music listening, broadcasting and downloading services in various forms on its website without approval, and through unfettered piracy, earning huge advertising revenue on its huge number of hits.” 

AP is reporting that the suit was filed in in a Beijing court in January and that the Society is demanding compensation for what it claims is 50 songs used illegally.

Baidu had been sued previously by the The International Federation of Phonographic Industries, which also had problems with the site linking to illegal music.