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Yahoo Sued by Indian Music Company for Copyright Infringment
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| The disputes pitting Yahoo and Google against Super Cassettes Industries
| points out to the differences between Indian laws and the copyright
| infringement and takedown provisions of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright
| Act (DMCA).
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146547/yahoo_sued_by_indian_music_company_for_copyright_infringment.html
http://tinyurl.com/6nxctu
YouTube enshrines Universal Studios' lost attractions
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| Several of Universal Studios' workhorse sets and rides went up in smoke
| Sunday, but their images live on -- online.
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/06/universal-studi.html
Free online content scares the video/audio monopolies, so they can poison the
well with some of their own junk and then attack -- legally -- all sharable
stuff, collectively.
Recent:
Steve Ballmer Gets the Egg-Treatment in Budapest
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mtBQ4UCXQeo
Google says Viacom's suit 'threatens' Net
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| Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube "threatens
| the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information"
| over the Web, YouTube parent Google said in a legal response to the suit.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9952165-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
YouTube law fight 'threatens net'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7420955.stm
Related:
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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| 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
Viacom out of touch with Web 2.0
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| Listening to the anti-Google and YouTube rhetoric spewing out of the mouth of
| Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman one has to wonder why he bothered to show up to
| the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco last week.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14944/1023/
Microsoft trying to derail Google/DoubleClick deal by lobbying congress
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| Microsoft has hired lobbying firm Patton Boggs LLC to do work on "competitive
| issues surrounding Google/DoubleClick [sic] merger."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070816-microsoft-spends-40000-to-lobby-congress-about-googledoubleclick-merger.html
Legal Titans Glare At Each Other Across Google-Viacom Battlefield
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| The Viacom versus Google case is going to be an interesting showdown.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/each_side_digs_.html
Viacom: 'Daily Show' clips just the beginning
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| In the meantime, there's still the matter of that $1 billion lawsuit. Viacom
| earlier this year sued Google over the misappropriation of copyrighted
| content on YouTube.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9799914-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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