A Fast Company report says that “The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office has listed China’s leading search engine Baidu as a key member on its list of global counterfeit-assisting services.”But the report says Baidu responded quickly, announcing it had “issued anti-piracy tech for its e-book system.”

According to the report,

Baidu said it will introduce pirate-defeating tech for its documents and books products in May, which will help counteract global accusations that the search engine is a host for rampant piracy. Criticism came not only from the U.S., but China itself (which actually fined Baidu, if only a small amount) and Japan — which blamed Baidu specifically for facilitating ebook piracy-facilitating.

A Reuters wire story notes that the company — which controls 70 percent of China’s search business — faced numerous lawsuits “and intense criticism over its handling of copyrighted material …” A company spokesperson tells Reuters, “The technology will not only enable Baidu Library to systematically eliminate copyright-infringing content already uploaded on its platform, but will also enable automatic rejection of future problematic uploads.”