For YouTube, a System to Halt Copyright-Infringing Videos
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| Google hopes technology will be in place in September to stop the posting of
| copyright-infringing videos on its YouTube site, a company lawyer told a
| judge presiding over copyright lawsuits yesterday.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/business/28google.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1185672651-IG18kjsMwQYGG+Eozz70Yg
Watch the links at the bottom. The Microsoft Pot pulls strings in Big Media and
calls Kettle "black".
Microsoft Reinvents Bittorrent
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| If this test goes well, Microsoft will probably start using MSCD for all
| their large downloads. How do you feel about subsidizing Microsoft's
| bandwidth costs?
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http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/28/1631205&from=rss
Microsoft used to be using Linux for this (Akamai). How embarrassing.
Related:
Microsoft's Soapbox returns with filtering technology
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| To that point, Soapbox was littered with pirated videos. This put
| Microsoft in a pickle. The software giant was agreeing to distribute
| content for entertainment companies whose copyright was commonly
| violated at its video-sharing site.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9725064-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft Befriends Google's Foes
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| After a government- and monopoly-inspired period in which Microsoft had
| to pretend to be a gentle force for global good, the company is being
| forced to return to its ruthless roots. Ironically, it is doing this
| in part by decrying the unfair practices of a competitor and
| shamelessly sucking up to the Establishment.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/microsoft-google-blodget-tech-cx_hb_0306blodget.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3bewws
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