皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app said yesterday that it would impose fines of as much as 100,000 yuan (US$12,500) on distributors of illegally copied music, movies and other material over the Internet, a move likely to put pressure on search engines like .

Internet service providers must give the authorities contact information for owners of sites that distribute pirated material, the State Council said in a statement dated May 18 and posted on its Web site yesterday.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI Group and Universal Music Group sued Baidu, the most-used search engine in 皇冠体育app, last year for allowing free downloads of their music.

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