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feature: Smoking guns, dark secrets aplenty in YouTube-Viacom filings
Court documents in the $1 billion lawsuit between Viacom and YouTube were unsealed today, finally shedding some light on key questions: did Viacom have “smoking gun” evidence that YouTube was deliberately profiting from 62,637 Viacom clips that were watched more than 507 million times on the site? Was Google aware of the copyright infringement problems when it purchased YouTube in 2006? Were YouTube’s own founders involved in uploading unauthorized materials?
Continue reading »etc: Comcast will begin rolling out 100Mbps home Internet service over the next 12-18 month. No word on pricing.
Comcast will begin rolling out 100Mbps home Internet service over the next 12-18 month. No word on pricing. Read More: Multichannel News Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »etc: A London hospital has begun treating Internet-addicted teens.
A London hospital has begun treating Internet-addicted teens. Read More: AFP Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »etc: When it comes to getting advice on personal issues, British teens are more likely to turn to the Internet than their parents.
When it comes to getting advice on personal issues, British teens are more likely to turn to the Internet than their parents. Read More: Reuters Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »"Piracy" sounds too sexy, say rightsholders
For years, we’ve heard complaints about using the term “piracy” to describe the online copyright infringement—but most have come from Big Content’s critics. As noted copyright scholar William Patry argued in his most recent book, “To say that X is a pirate is a metaphoric heuristic, intended to persuade a policymaker that the in-depth analysis can be skipped and the desired result immediately attained… Claims of piracy are rhetorical nonsense.” Read the comments on this post
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