the international federation of the phonographic industry says it is to appeal after leading chinese search engine baidu.com was cleared of copyright infringement by a beijing court on friday.

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baidu.com said: "we believe that this decision will encourage expanded cooperation between music and internet companies, thereby benefiting the development of both industries and helping to bring an ever increasing range of licensed entertainment content to china's internet users."