HOHHOT， China， July 23 (Xinhua) -- The 42-year-old French driver Cyril Despres from Peugeot claimed the final champion of Silkway Rally as he ranked 6th in the 14th and the final selective stage here on Saturday.


Despres， who had extended his overall lead to more than 30 minutes after the 13th stage， adopted a conservative strategy and clocked 3 hours， 49 minutes and 37 seconds to finish the race. Yazeed Mohamed Al Rahji from Mini All4 Racing won the stage in 3:44:01.


With an overall lead of more than 25 minutes， Despres took his first international rally title after he changed his role from motorcycle to car.


"The stages in China are very long and difficult. I have experienced a lot with my co-drivers， but these are what make this rally fantastic，" Despres said.


Chinese driver Han Wei marked 8th in the 14th stage and ranked 6th in the overall standings， making the best performance of the Chinese drivers in the multinational rally.


The closing ceremony is due to take place in Beijing Olympic Park on Sunday.


CANBERRA Vans LXVI Old Skool Lite Zwart Wit Nederland , March 3 (Xinhua) -- The office of Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss on Tuesday denied the report by Reuters on Australia being in discussions with Malaysia and China to stop the operation of searching the missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370.


In an email received by Xinhua, Truss' Senior Media Advisor Brett Heffernan said the Reuters story had quoted Truss, "but they have overstated the lead in a big way".


The lead of the Reuters story, dated Canberra March 1, reads " The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia's deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under way between Australia, China and Malaysia as to whether to call off the hunt within weeks."


"To be clear ... we are not in discussions to call off the search," Heffernan said in the email addressing to reporters.


"Discussions are NOT underway to call off the search. Discussions are ongoing about the search," he said. "We remain cautiously optimistic about finding the plane ... with over 40 percent of the priority search area covered so far."


"If, however, the plane is not found at the completion of the search (expected around May 2015), then discussions will be held between Australia, Malaysia, China and potentially others on the next steps."


Currently, four ships contracted by Australian and Malaysian governments are undergoing underswater search in a priority area of 60,000 square kilometers off the city of Perth in western Australia.


The latest report dated Feb. 25 by the Joint Agency Coordination Center for the search of MH370 showed that over 24, 000 square kilometres of the seafloor have been searched, which is around 40 percent of the priority search area.


A verdict saying Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied Marvin Gaye's music to create their hit song "Blurred Lines" could ripple across the music industry, potentially changing how artists work and opening the door to new copyright claims.


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An eight-person jury determined Tuesday that Williams and Thicke copied elements of Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" and ordered the pair to pay nearly $7.4 million to the late R&B legend's three children.


Millions more in potential future profits for "Blurred Lines" are now also at stake.


The Gaye family will seek an injunction against the song, which will give them leverage to negotiate for royalties and other concessions such as songwriting credit, although Tuesday's verdict could face years of appeals.


While the verdict affects Thicke and Williams' finances in the short term, artists and music industry lawyers will likely face new constraints as they sort through the verdict and its implications.


Howard King, lead attorney for Thicke and Williams, said in closing arguments that a verdict for the Gaye family would have a chilling effect on musicians trying to evoke an era or create an homage to the sound of earlier artists. Williams contended during the trial that he was only trying to mimic the "feel" of Gaye's late 1970s music but insisted he did not use elements of his idol's work.


"Today's successful verdict, with the odds more than stacked against the Marvin Gaye estate, could redefine what copyright infringement means for recording artists," said Glen Rothstein, an intellectual property attorney.


He said the decision sets a precedent because "paying homage to musical influences was an acceptable, and indeed commonplace way of conducting business and even showing respect for one's musical idols, (but) after today, doubt has been cast on where the line will be drawn for copyright infringement purposes."


Music copyright trials are rare, but allegations that a song copies another artist's work are common. Singers Sam Smith and Tom Petty recently reached an agreement that conferred songwriting credit to Petty on Smith's song, "Stay With Me," which resembled Petty's hit "I Won't Back Down."


In the "Blurred Lines" case, the Gaye family will seek an injunction against the song, giving them leverage to negotiate for royalties and other concessions such as songwriting credits.


Nona Gaye, the late singer's daughter, wept as the verdict was read and later told reporters: "Right now, I feel free. Free from ... Pharrell Williams' and Robin Thicke's chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told."

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