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WebProNews has a bizarre story to tell you. A man is accused of copyright infringement for posting a YouTube video that Viacom International, Inc. made by infringing upon his very own copyright. The North Carolina native, Chris Knight, told WebProNews he is shocked at this turn of events. We also spoke with Attorney Clarke Walton [...] Tags: Abby Prince, Chris Knight, Clarke Walton, Copyright Infringement, News Update, Viacom, YouTube

A new online distribution network for high-quality TV and video content called Jalipo launched yesterday. With partners including BBC World and Al Jazeera English, Jalipo also has the former president of Sony Europe, Chris Deering, on board as its chairman. It will offer a pay-as-you-go credit service to consumers wanting to watch live events and video-on-demand [...] Tags: Al Jazeera, Alex Taylor, BBC World, Bloomberg, Chris Deering, France 24, Google, Jalipo, News Update, Sony Europe, Viacom, YouTube

A report by Vidmeter.com contradicts the idea that YouTube became a billion dollar property only because of copyright infringing videos posted there by its users. Vidmeter’s three-month study found only about nine percent of the most-viewed videos on YouTube were removed at the request of copyright holders. Those removed clips, most of which were music [...] Tags: Henry Blodget, News Update, Viacom, Vidmeter, YouTube

The FCC plans to look into the business practices of broadband Internet providers. Their notice of inquiry should begin another round of debate on ‘net neutrality’, and whether big providers like AT&T or Comcast can charge additional fees to businesses for a higher level of service. The FCC has been considering whether or not the [...] Tags: Ask, At&T, Broadband, Comcast, DMCA, FCC, Google, IDG, InfoWorld, Michael Fricklas, News Update, Ryan Massie, Viacom, Virginia Hines, YouTube

Podcasting made a very slight gain in listenership according to Edison Media Research. Arbitron research found that 13 percent of the twelve and up population listen to audio podcasts in 2007, where only eleven percent listened in 2006. More people have heard of podcasts, but Edison’s Tom Webster said many people mistakenly think they need [...] Tags: Andrew Baron, Google, iPod, Joanne Colan, Michael Moriz, MoveOn, News Update, podcasting, Rocketboom, Sequoia Capital, Stephen Colbert, Viacom, YouTube

Google announced a change to its privacy practices for logging user information. They plan to anonymize their server logs after a limited period of time. After implementing this change within a year’s time, user data will be made much more anonymous after eighteen to twenty-four months from collection. However, lawmakers in the U.S. or Europe [...] Tags: Dell, Gigaom, Google, IdeaStorm, Linux, Mark Cuban, MySpace, News, Viacom, YouTube

Dell may be listening to its customers who want the Linux operating system as a pre-installed option. Thousands of visitors to Dell’s IdeaStorm website asked for that choice, and Dell has followed up by posting a survey that asks how people would want to have Linux delivered on its hardware. Long-time YouTube critic Mark Cuban weighed [...] Tags: Dell, Gigaom, Google, IdeaStorm, Linux, Mark Cuban, MySpace, News, Viacom, YouTube

Google has continued working with TV networks to get their content on YouTube. Google appears to not get along with CBS, Viacom, or NBC. PaidContent’s Rafat Ali explains the dilemma between Google and CBS. The deal incorporated CBS shows on YouTube, sharing advertising income and Google would sell inventory from CBS radio. Google [...] Tags: CBS, NBC, TV, Viacom, YouTube

Myspace announced an affiliation with Audible Magic to acknowledge and examine uploaded videos for copyrighted content. Myspace already authorizes audio fingerprinting technology from Audible. The new video fingerprinting makes Myspace the largest video site to present copyright owners that defense. This Myspace move came after Viacom demanded YouTube remove more than 100-thousand [...] Tags: Audible Magic, MySpace, Viacom, YouTube