Shanghai - Following similar actions recently taken by major record labels, two groups representing Chinese musicians have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Baidu, the country's most popular search engine, Reuters reported.

The Music Copyright Society of China, and digital music distributor R2G have asked Baidu to cease providing "deep links" to copyrighted music files hosted on third-party sites, and provide undisclosed compensation.

The local arms of major labels Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music filed copyright litigation against Baidu earlier this month.

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