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Google Offered Viacom $592M to License Content to YouTube
San Francisco
- Before Viacom filed its $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against
YouTube, Google (NASD: GOOG) offered Viacom (NYSE: VIA) $592 million in guaranteed revenues...
Irish ISP Eircom Debuts "Three-Strikes" Policy on File-Sharing
Dublin, Ireland - Irish ISP Eircom on
Monday began forwarding the identities of suspected file-swappers to copyright
holders, as part of a court-ordered "three-strikes" protocol that
will...
FCC Seeks More Information on Comcast-NBC Universal Deal
Washington
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has requested more information
from both Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), as it reviews potential antitrust concerns
with the...
Judge Orders Isohunt File-Sharing Search Engine Shut Down
Los Angeles
- A federal judge yesterday issued a preliminary injunction against BitTorrent
file-sharing search engine Isohunt, ordering the site to stop hosting,
indexing, linking to or...
U.S. Court Says File Host RapidShare Not Violating Copyrights
Los Angeles - A federal court
in California
ruled this week that file-hosting service RapidShare is not violating the
copyrights of an adult entertainment purveyor. The company...
FTC Approves Google's $750 Million Deal to Acquire AdMob
Washington
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday approved Google's (NASD: GOOG) proposed $750
million acquisition of mobile advertising firm AdMob, saying that after its
review...
Swedish Court Orders ISP to Identify OpenBitTorrent Operator
Los Angeles
- A Swedish court has ordered Internet service provider Portlane to identify
the operator of OpenBitTorrent, which in the wake of The Pirate Bay's...
EFF Seeks Attorneys to Aid 50,000 File-Sharing Defendants
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a
digital civil liberties group, has put out a call for U.S.-licensed attorneys
to help it defend the...
Newzbin Shutters Usenet Index After Copyright Court Loss
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- Usenet newsgroup index site Newzbin, which the U.K. High Court in February
found liable for copyright infringement, shut itself down on Wednesday,
TorrentFreak reported.
...
Congress Anti-Piracy Caucus Posts List of 'Notorious Websites'
Washington
- The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus on Wednesday released a
"list of notorious websites" it deems to be offering
"countless" unauthorized copyrighted works. The sites targeted...
