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1st LD-Writethru: Record companies lose lawsuit against Chinese search engine Baidu

BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A group of leading international record companies have lost their lawsuit against Baidu.com, one of China's largest Internet search engines, for the alleged illegal downloading and sharing of their music.

The seven companies, including EMI, SONY BMG, Warner Music and Universal Music, accused Baidu.com of engaging in illegal downloading and playing 137 pieces of music owned by the record companies online without their permission.

They demanded a public apology from Baidu, the suspension of its download service and compensation of 1.73 million yuan (216,250 U.S. dollars).

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