Netflix Likely to Offer Streaming Video on Nintendo Wii

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Mark Hefflinger
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Las Vegas
– Netflix (NASD:  NFLX) is likely to make its streaming video service available on the
Nintendo Wii console, adding to the feature already popular for the Xbox 360
and PlayStation 3, according to remarks made by CEO Reed Hastings, Barrons.com
reported. Hastings
reportedly referred to the chances of Netflix streaming on the Wii as
"excellent," and said a deal should "work out over time."

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Tucker Carlson Launches News Site The Daily Caller

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Mark Hefflinger
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Washington
– Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel, the former chief
policy advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, on Monday formally launched national
news website The Daily Caller. The site features what Carlson termed
"straightforward" original reporting on national news, as well as a
healthy dose of political commentary. Content also features articles, photos
and video from sources such as the AP, TechCrunch and E News, among others. Initial
advertisers include the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Broadband for
America, National Mining Association, Southern Company and the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce.


 

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Spain Empowers Judges to Close Websites on Piracy Claims

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Mark Hefflinger
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Madrid – The government of Spain has approved
new legislation that will empower the country’s courts to shutter or block
access to websites offering unauthorized downloads of music and video content,
Variety reports.

Under the new law, copyright owners will be able to file
infringement complaints with an intellectual property commission within the
country’s ministry of culture, which will then forward them to judges.

For
their part, judges will have four days to decide whether to temporarily shutter
a website while further investigation is conducted.

 

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Google Apologizes to Chinese Authors Over Books Index

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Mark Hefflinger
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Beijing
– Google (NASD: GOOG) has apologized to Chinese authors over its dealings with them in
regard to its massive book-scanning project, the Associated Press reported.

"Following
discussions and communications in recent months, we do believe that our
communication with Chinese writers has not been good enough. Google is ready to
apologize to Chinese writers about this," Erik Hartmann, the head of Google
Books for Asia-Pacific, wrote in a letter to the Chinese Writers’ Association.

One Chinese author named Mian Mian already sued Google in Chinese court over
the inclusion of her work in the digital book index; AP reports that the judge
told the two parties to hold settlement talks.

Google said in its letter that
it will make a complete inventory of all the Chinese works it has scanned to
date, and work with Chinese writers on a settlement proposal, with the aim of
reaching a formal agreement by June.

 

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Universal Music Sues Grooveshark for Copyright Infringement

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Major record label Universal Music Group has sued
music download service Grooveshark, alleging that the site is offering pre-1972
Universal recordings for free, Courthouse News Service reported.

The suit seeks
an injunction, and punitive damages for unfair competition and copyright
infringement from Grooveshark parent company Escape Media Group.

Universal alleges that Grooveshark "uses the lure of free access" to its tracks
to drive traffic and advertising revenue.

Grooveshark was also sued by major
label EMI for copyright infringement in June 2009, but in October EMI dropped
its suit and instead licensed its recording and publishing catalogs to the
site.

 

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Google News Stops Adding Associated Press Articles

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Mark Hefflinger
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Mountain View, Calif. – Google (NASD: GOOG) is no longer hosting new articles published
by the Associated Press on its Google News site, perhaps the result of
difficult licensing renegotiations between the two parties, Search Engine
Land reported.

While
older AP articles are still accessible on Google News, no new articles from the
news organization have been posted to the site since Dec. 24.

"We have a
licensing agreement with the Associated Press that permits us to host its
content on Google properties such as Google News. Some of that content is still
available today. At the moment we’re not adding new hosted content from the
AP," the company said in a statement.

 

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Court Orders Satellite TV Software Pirate to Pay $51 Million

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Mark Hefflinger
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Englewood, Colo.
– A federal court in Florida
has ordered a man who posted software online that helps users illegally receive
satellite TV programming from DISH Network (NASD: DISH) must pay $51 million in damages.

The
summary judgment was lodged against Robert Ward; other parties to the damages award
include DISH sister companies EchoStar (NASD: SATS) and NagraStar.

The companies said that
the decision was significant because "the court held that the posting of
pirate software constitutes a violation of the Federal Communications Act, and
that statutory damages should be calculated based on how many individuals
downloaded the pirate software."

 

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AOL Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs After Voluntary Program Falls Short

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York
– Unable to sufficiently reduce its headcount through voluntary layoffs, AOL (NYSE:  AOL)
said on Monday that it will lay off more than 1,000 employees this week, with
the bulk of those affected set to be notified on Wednesday. The company said
that only 1,100 workers volunteered to leave — far short of its goal of up to
2,500.

"At the time we announced the voluntary program we noted that if we
didn’t reach our target reduction of a third we would need to follow the
voluntary program with an involuntary action," the company said in a statement. "We did not reach that target."

AOL also said that it plans to shut
down many of its offices in Europe, beginning with those in Spain and Sweden.

The cuts, aimed at cutting
expenses by $300 million a year, will leave AOL with about 4,400 employees,
down from a high of more than 20,000.

 

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Ticketmaster, Live Nation Shareholders Vote to Approve Merger

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Mark Hefflinger
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West Hollywood,
Calif. – The shareholders of
Ticketmaster (NASD:  TKTM) voted on Friday to approve the company’s proposed merger with
concert promotion giant Live Nation (NYSE:  LYV). Ticketmaster said that more than 98% of its
shares voted were in favor of the merger, while over 99% of Live Nation’s
shares favored the deal — which still must pass regulatory muster.

The U.S.
Justice Department is reportedly seeking additional concessions from the
companies before deciding whether to approve the deal, people with knowledge of
the deal told BusinessWeek.

 

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Warner Music Gets $9 Million Return on Lala Investment

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York
– Major record label Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) saw at least a $9 million return on its
investment in music streaming service Lala when the company was acquired by
Apple (NASD: AAPL), PaidContent reported, citing a regulatory filing.

The company wrote down
$11 million of the $20 million in total that it invested in Lala last year.

PaidContent noted that Warner Music wrote off an even larger sum related to its
investment in imeem, the music service acquired by MySpace.

 

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