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Small Town Man: Victim or Copyright Infringer?

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 [...]

Jalipo to Replace 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 [...]

Viacom’s Web Search Deal with Yahoo

Viacom announced yesterday that it would use Yahoo to provide search advertising for 33 of its Internet sites. The decision brings a boost to Yahoo’s new Web advertising system, Project Panama. The system is being viewed as a major test in Yahoo providing a competitive advantage to Web search leader Google.
According to Reuters, the partnership [...]

Vidmeter.com Contradicts That YouTube Became a Billion Dollar Property

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 [...]

Google gives response to Viacom’s side of the story

The Viacom lawsuit against Google over YouTube has started playing out in the court of public opinion. Just a few days after Viacom attorney Michael Fricklas gave Viacom’s side of the story in an op-ed letter to The Washington Post, Google lawyer Michael Kwun responded with the search engine’s opinion of Viacom’s action.
Kwun commented on [...]

FCC looks into BroadBand, Ask.com has the Formula for Success, and InfoWorld Quits Print in April

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 [...]

Podcasting gains listenership, Viacom demands Colbert parody removed, Fans may pay for Rocketboom

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 [...]

Google Changes Privacy Practices, Matt Cutts And The Next Generation Of Search, Michael Crook Apologizes

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 [...]

Dell Survey On Linux, Google May Be Softening Stance, MySpace News Beta

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 [...]

Google Still Losing With TV Networks

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 [...]

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