BEIJING, March 25 /PRNewswire/ --

Mr. Wu Duanping, CEO of 5fad.com, revealed yesterday that the second
hearing on the 5fad.com lawsuit against Baidu.com, dubbed as China's No. 1
Intellectual Property protection case, was held in the People's High Court of
Beijing on March 3 and the court will make its final ruling by the end of
May.

The case ranks No. 1 since the founding of the People's Republic of China
in terms of the sum of compensation for copyright infringement asked by the
plaintiff.

It is widely believed that the verdict will impose a far-reaching
influence over the development of both the search engine service sector and
digital entertainment industry in China. As a matter of fact, many parties
are waiting to see what happens.

The MP3 search engine is of crucial importance for Baidu.com to gain an
advantageous position in its competition with its business rival, Google.com.
Once the MP3 search engine service is ruled unlawful, Baidu.com's leading
position in the search engine market may topple.

When narrating the ordeal the copyright owners have to face when fighting
for their legitimate rights, Mr. Wu appeared to be very much frustrated and
indignant. He said he would not expect the court's final decision to be
favorable for his company. "The same "deep link", the same primary facts, the
People's High Court of Beijing nevertheless made different verdicts. The
so-called direct copyright infringement and indirect copyright infringement
in the court's rulings are really very much confusing. Whether MP3 search
service constitutes copyright infringement or not? We need a clear answer
from the law. In the United States, MP3-related "deep links" is definitely
prohibited," said Wu.

Though sued by international record companies, Chinese music
organizations and digital music companies, Baidu.com has never lost so far.

Yahoo.com China and Baidu.com have both been charged for their "deep
link" services and their cases were decided by the same court in Beijing.
However, the legal results they faced were totally different. Yahoo.com China
lost, while Baidu.com won. That's possibly one of the reasons 5fad.com
decided to take legal action against Baidu.com overseas.

About 5Fad

5fad.com, ranking among 2007 Red Herring Asia Top 100, was founded in
2003. Though headquartered in Hangzhou, it has branch offices in Bejing,
Seoul, Tokyo and New York.

5fad.com enjoys the largest bank of copyrighted Chinese songs and a
well-established network with the website http://www.5fad.com as part of it.

5fad.com is the leading digital entertainment and culture company in
China. Its service network covers a total population of 300 million.

For more information about us, please visit: http://www.5fad.com .

Web site: http://www.5fad.com