Monday, 18. February 2008

Google-Funded Chinese P2P Site Xunlei Sued For Copyright Infringement


Rafat Ali of Paid Content is reporting that the Chinese peer-to-peer (P2P) site, Xunlei, is being sued by the MPA for repeated copyright violation of distributing pirated films. The lawsuit [PDF] names numerous infractions and is seeking 7 million yuan ($1 million USD) in damages. And Google factors in to this story as they invested a reported $5 million into the company last year, which followed $20 million the company had previously raised in funding from Morningside Ventures and IDG VC Partners.

mashable.com

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