China's Baidu Search Engine Cracks Down on Pirated Books

kennyc · 03-30-2011, 04:03 PM

Chinese search giant Baidu has removed 2.8 million books from its Baidu Wenku (Library) document sharing service after authors complained of copyright infringement.

Chinese search provider Baidu has cracked down on pirated material in response to author complaints about copyright infringement. This move comes as Western countries continue to press China to clamp down on Websites that distribute music, movies and intellectual property.....

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engi...-Books-541648/

Barty · 03-30-2011, 07:07 PM

Shouldn't we (Western countries, U.S in particular) be HAPPY that the Chinese want to absorb our ideas, culture, etc.? As opposed to bombing them into being more like us as we do some other places?

Go ahead, comrades, pirate away!

HansTWN · 03-30-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Barty

Shouldn't we (Western countries, U.S in particular) be HAPPY that the Chinese want to absorb our ideas, culture, etc.? As opposed to bombing them into being more like us as we do some other places?

Go ahead, comrades, pirate away!

Boy, you sure don't know anything about China! The Chinese government only cracked down because local authors complained. But my guess is that this is just the usual publicity stunt and everything will be back to "normal" within 2 weeks.

DiapDealer · 03-30-2011, 09:57 PM

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China's Baidu Search Engine Cracks Down on Pirated Books

... and I cracked down on Baidu after I caught their spider raping my website's bandwidth.

Giggleton · 04-01-2011, 12:57 AM

That's a lot of items being shared. Too bad it was shut down, maybe they needed better lawyers.

AlexSno · 04-01-2011, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

That's a lot of items being shared. Too bad it was shut down, maybe they needed better lawyers.

Yeah, it's hard to find good ones in a country with 2000 million people

mr ploppy · 04-01-2011, 07:09 AM

That is how piracy should be tackled by those who see it as a problem rather than an opportunity. It makes a lot more sense than bribing MPs for new laws that criminalise their best customers and take away their right to a fair trial when they are accused of wrongdoing.

HansTWN · 04-01-2011, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

That's a lot of items being shared. Too bad it was shut down, maybe they needed better lawyers.

In China you don't need lawyers -- you need to know the right people. If you do you don't have to worry about the law, if you don't the law can't help you, either

Tom Swift · 04-02-2011, 08:28 AM

They will block them for about two weeks then everything will be back to normal.

During the Expo, the pirate DVD stores made fake shops. When you walked in, it looked like a little shop with local DVDs and music. At the back was a fake door where all the pirate disks were. Fooled nobody but in China, it is all appearances. Kind of like the crackdown on drinking driving. They enforced it for a few weeks then claimed that there is now no drinking driving in China. I once saw a cop wake up a passed-out driver and tell him to move along. This announcement means nothing.

eping · 04-03-2011, 12:39 PM

It seems only Chinese know China.
Baidu is not a giant, it's a monster.

eping · 04-03-2011, 12:51 PM

Pirated CD DVD of M.J. are on sale in XinHua book store, the largest book store running by the government. And these disks are published by official publishers running by provincial government.
They are sold publicly in most middle and small cities.
And there're always mistakes on spelling of English words.

Giggleton · 04-04-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by HansTWN

In China you don't need lawyers -- you need to know the right people. If you do you don't have to worry about the law, if you don't the law can't help you, either

Kind of like USA then?

DiapDealer · 04-04-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

Kind of like USA then?

Now that's funny... and so true!

03-30-2011, 04:03 PM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,892 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	China's Baidu Search Engine Cracks Down on Pirated Books Chinese search giant Baidu has removed 2.8 million books from its Baidu Wenku (Library) document sharing service after authors complained of copyright infringement. Chinese search provider Baidu has cracked down on pirated material in response to author complaints about copyright infringement. This move comes as Western countries continue to press China to clamp down on Websites that distribute music, movies and intellectual property..... http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engi...-Books-541648/

03-30-2011, 07:07 PM	#2
Barty doofus Posts: 2,545 Karma: 13089041 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	Shouldn't we (Western countries, U.S in particular) be HAPPY that the Chinese want to absorb our ideas, culture, etc.? As opposed to bombing them into being more like us as we do some other places? Go ahead, comrades, pirate away! Last edited by Barty; 03-30-2011 at 07:11 PM.

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04-01-2011, 12:57 AM	#5
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	That's a lot of items being shared. Too bad it was shut down, maybe they needed better lawyers.

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mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	That is how piracy should be tackled by those who see it as a problem rather than an opportunity. It makes a lot more sense than bribing MPs for new laws that criminalise their best customers and take away their right to a fair trial when they are accused of wrongdoing.

04-02-2011, 08:28 AM	#9
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 252 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	They will block them for about two weeks then everything will be back to normal. During the Expo, the pirate DVD stores made fake shops. When you walked in, it looked like a little shop with local DVDs and music. At the back was a fake door where all the pirate disks were. Fooled nobody but in China, it is all appearances. Kind of like the crackdown on drinking driving. They enforced it for a few weeks then claimed that there is now no drinking driving in China. I once saw a cop wake up a passed-out driver and tell him to move along. This announcement means nothing.

04-03-2011, 12:39 PM	#10
eping ePub Maker Posts: 120 Karma: 16 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mordor Device: iPad,Kindle 3, Nook 2	It seems only Chinese know China. Baidu is not a giant, it's a monster.

04-03-2011, 12:51 PM	#11
eping ePub Maker Posts: 120 Karma: 16 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mordor Device: iPad,Kindle 3, Nook 2	Pirated CD DVD of M.J. are on sale in XinHua book store, the largest book store running by the government. And these disks are published by official publishers running by provincial government. They are sold publicly in most middle and small cities. And there're always mistakes on spelling of English words.

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