Taobao, Sogou off US piracy blacklist
However, two Web services in China were listed in the 2012 Notorious Markets List. Peer-to-peer (P2P) service, Xunlei, was included for facilitating the download and distribution of pirated music and movies. Search engine Gougou was said to be …
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File-sharing site Newzbin2 shuts down
File-sharing site Newzbin2 shuts down. Summary: P2P search engine Newzbin2 has been forced to shut down amid mounting financial pressures and moves by ISPs to block the site. Sam Shead. By Sam Shead | November 29, 2012 — 17:24 GMT (09:24 PST) …
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Taobao Removed from US Pirate List, But Still Plenty of Chinese Pirates Around
Last year it was Chinese search engine Baidu that was removed from the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) report on major piracy offenders, and this year it's the turn of the e-commerce store Taobao to be scribbled off the naughty list. The USTR 2012 …
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