
YouTube, the DMCA and politics — again
Slashdot reports: It appears that CBS and Fox have submitted DMCA takedown notices to YouTube for videos from the McCain campaign. The campaign is now... Read more
Ron Coleman on the law affecting brands, the Internet & free speech
Slashdot reports: It appears that CBS and Fox have submitted DMCA takedown notices to YouTube for videos from the McCain campaign. The campaign is now... Read more
Gevald. It’s all Google, all the time here! Via Instapundit — now this! Google’s secretive and politically — well, incorrect, actually — news and ad... Read more
Reuters “news service” reports that “Agence France Presse has sued Google Inc. (GOOG), alleging the Web search leader includes AFP’s photos, news headlines and stories... Read more
It had to happen — another piece of territory now being rented out in the Lanham-Act-as-competition-buster industry: A new service has announced that it will... Read more
Robert Scoble asks, “What happens after Google loses?”: Viacom wants to play “force folks to play on our turf.” Does the Internet reward that kind... Read more
Reuters reports: A parental advice Internet site has sued Google Inc., charging it unfairly deprived the company of customers by downgrading its search-result ranking without... Read more
I raised questions about the Google Books settlement ages ago. Now some of them have been answered, and Judge Denny Chin’s answer is “no”: While... Read more
I posted this in August, 2006. I don’t think the question has been answered yet: We wrote about the Kinderstart lawsuit against Google, claiming an... Read more
It would have been fascinating to read the court opinion ending the lawsuit by a group of major publishers against Google. But we won’t get... Read more
It’s two posts in one (I like to pull that off when I can), not even counting this one: Mike Masnick on Eric Goldman on... Read more
The Washington Post reports about a consultant who can clean up your Google problems. Oh, brave new world, that has such people in it! Hat... Read more
Instapundit.com asks, IS YOUTUBE LOSING ITS SHEEN? “Some observers hoped when the subpoenas came to light that Google’s history of resisting US government subpoenas would... Read more
Google shares are up only seven-plus percent this morning. Am I sitting pretty? Let’s put it this way: My haircut this morning? Paid for. Read more
Now the “your information wants to be free for me” crowd is, not surprisingly, lining up on the writers-vs.-Google litigation. The Holy One — no,... Read more