The International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) is confident that it will win the lawsuit against Yahoo China for allegedly helping online music pirates.

In April, IFP, the representative of major record labels such as Universal Vivendi, Sony BMG and Warner Music Group, filed a copyright infringement against Yahoo China because its search engine and Web sites link to outside sites carrying a total of 229 pirated songs.

Although the court has already asked Yahoo China to pay for damages worth $27,000, the company filed for an appeal. Now, the Beijing court upheld the previous ruling in favor of IFP.

A spokesman of Yahoo China declined to comment for they have not seen the latest ruling yet. Moreover, he mentioned the company is already in talks with record labels to create a licensed download service.

via BusinessWeek
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