A Chinese music site is suing Yahoo’s China unit for allegedly violating its copyright, Chinese media reported Friday.Zhejiang province-based Entertainment Base, which claims to be China’s largest website for original music, sued Yahoo China in the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court over the copyright of 13 songs and is seeking 2.5 million renminbi (US$314,703) in damages, Shanghai’s Dongfang Morning News reported.Entertainment Base Chief Executive Officer Wu Duanping claimed that his company spent a month gathering links to prove that Yahoo China offered illegal copies of the songs in question. He added that while it was technically very simple for the search engine to block illegal links to unlicensed music, Yahoo China had not done so. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe “According to our intellectual property policy, as soon as we receive notification from a company of infringement we will remove all qualified links from our search results. We have already removed all qualified links requested by [Entertainment Base] and sent notification back to them that we had done so,” said a spokesperson for Alibaba.com by e-mail. Alibaba.com owns and operates Yahoo’s China unit. Representatives from Entertainment Base could not be reached for comment.-Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau) Related Links: Study: Google Losing Chinese Users eMusic Launch Gives Europeans New ChoicesCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature Mastercard preps for the post-quantum cybersecurity threat A cryptographically relevant quantum computer will put everyday online transactions at risk. Mastercard is preparing for such an eventuality — today. By Poornima Apte Sep 22, 2023 6 mins CIO 100 CIO 100 CIO 100 feature 9 famous analytics and AI disasters Insights from data and machine learning algorithms can be invaluable, but mistakes can cost you reputation, revenue, or even lives. These high-profile analytics and AI blunders illustrate what can go wrong. By Thor Olavsrud Sep 22, 2023 13 mins Technology Industry Technology Industry Technology Industry feature Top 15 data management platforms available today Data management platforms (DMPs) help organizations collect and manage data from a wide array of sources — and are becoming increasingly important for customer-centric sales and marketing campaigns. By Peter Wayner Sep 22, 2023 10 mins Marketing Software Data Management opinion Four questions for a casino InfoSec director By Beth Kormanik Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Media and Entertainment Industry Events Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe