Sohu Sued By Online Video Firms as Youku Trial Begins

National Business Daily, 11/19/09

Beijing's Haidian District People's Court began hearing Chinese online video-on-demand provider Voole's IPR infringement lawsuit against online video-sharing platform Youku on November 17. On the same day, five video content companies sued China Internet Video Anti-Piracy Alliance founder Sohu (Nasdaq: SOHU) on undisclosed grounds. Among the plaintiffs are state movie channel CCTV-6, Beijing-based online video provider Netmovie and P2P online video service platform Xunlei.

Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see"Anti-Piracy Alliance Files First Round of Lawsuits Against Youku" MD 09/18/09 issue.

Keywords: Internet IPR infringement piracy Netmovie online video Voole Xunlei Youku CCTV-6 Sohu China Internet Video Anti-Piracy Alliance law litigation content provider

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