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YouTube, Viacom File New Motions in $1 Billion Copyright Suit
Los Angeles
- The $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit pending from Viacom (NYSE: VIA) against
Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube is ramping up, as both sides have...
Judge: Chicago Transit Authority Can't Ban M-rated Game Ads
Chicago - A federal judge has ruled that the Chicago Transit
Authority may not ban advertisements for M-rated video games, saying the ads
"promote expression that...
French Govt. Proposes Taxing Google to Fund Creative Sector
Paris
- A new report by the French government proposes taxing the online ad revenues
generated by Google (NASD: GOOG), Facebook and similar portals, with the...
Justice Dept. to Lead Antitrust Probe of Comcast-NBC Universal
Washington
- The U.S. Justice Dept. will take the lead in the government's review of
Comcast's (NASD: CMCSA) proposed $30 billion deal to take over NBC...
Studios Appeal Swedish Court Ruling on OpenBitTorrent Host
Stockholm, Sweden - A group of 13 Hollywood
movie studios has appealed a decision by a Swedish court not to force ISP
Portlane to bring down...
Conflicting Reports Emerge on Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal
Washington
- Shares of Ticketmaster (NASD: TKTM) and Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) rose Wednesday after a report by
TheDeal.com cited unnamed sources as saying the Justice...
Music Publishers Settle Suit Against Unlicensed Lyrics Site
Washington
- The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) announced on Tuesday that it
has successfully settled its copyright infringement suit against Motive Force
and Sean Colombo, operators...
Guilty File-Swapper Tenenbaum Seeks New Trial
Boston
- Joel Tenenbaum, the Boston-area student who was found guilty of sharing 30 songs
online and ordered to pay the major record labels $675,000 in...
Imeem to Pay The Orchard $1.77M in Copyright Judgment
Los Angeles
- Streaming music service imeem, which recently sold certain assets to News
Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace, has been hit with a $1.77 million copyright infringement
judgment,...
