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CyberWorks-backed Web company sheds staff, toy site
News ActionAce.com Ltd, an Internet company backed by Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, has shed 75 employees and is looking for a buyer for its Web toy-retailing operations.
Yahoo removes online gambling ads upon pressure
News Yahoo! Inc is no longer running advertisements for online sports bookmakers after the world's second-most popular Web site was persuaded by the National Football League, the National Hockey League and other top sports organizations to remove them.
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Yahoo Japan soars on buyout speculation
News Yahoo Japan Corp shares surged as much as 15 percent upon speculation that the world's third-largest media company Viacom Inc might buy US-based Yahoo! Corp, which owns a third of the Japanese unit.
Did Viacom find smoking gun in YouTube case?
News YouTube's internal e-mail indicate employees and managers knew about copyright content, sources say, but chose to leave the material on the site. What are the DMCA ramifications?
Tags: Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., Viacom Inc., Web 2.0, Matz, TV, Entertainment Company, Entertainment Industry, Video
Stunned film, music sectors react to Veoh decision
News There's no disputing that a federal court's decision to offer safe-harbor protection for sites such as Veoh is a blow to the entertainment industry. But will it bring change?
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Web 2.0, Web sites, Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, attorney, entertainment, YouTube Inc.
Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too?
News Accused by the largest music label of violating its copyright, Veoh wins court decision that says such sites are protected under Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, Safe Harbor, Video, copyright violation, YouTube Inc., Web Site
Viacom CEO: 'Great' content is king
News Despite talk that content has become a commodity, Philippe Dauman argues that great content is never a commodity.
Tags: Digital media, Advertising, Marketing communications, Viacom Inc., Mobile, Google Inc., Advertisement, Vint Cerf, content company, network
YouTube privacy at risk in Google-Viacom ruling
News Google scores a legal victory in keeping its search source code secret from Viacom, but YouTube users are not so fortunate with their privacy.
Tags: Lawsuits, Search, Privacy, Video, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Privacy, YouTube Inc., antipiracy, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Google says Viacom's suit 'threatens' Net
News Legal response says Viacom's rewritten suit could affect the "way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information" over the Web.
Tags: Lawsuits, Web services, Music, Digital rights management (DRM), Video, Copyright, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Associated Press, YouTube Inc.
Google will take Viacom suit to Supreme Court
News Viacom's Redstone says he's standing up for the principle of copyright protection, but Google is willing to go all the way to the mat.
Tags: Web services, Search, Video, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Sumner Redstone, YouTube Inc., antipiracy, chairman, Dow Jones & Company Inc.
Judge sides with YouTube on several copyright issues
News US Federal court dismissed some of the copyright complaints made by a class of plaintiffs because they were made overseas and aren't protected by US copyright law.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Federal Government, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Class Action, YouTube Inc., New York, copyright law, Judge
RealNetworks accuses MPAA of antitrust violations
News In court filing, Real claims that six largest film studios violated Sherman Act by conspiring against the software maker.
Tags: Piracy, Antitrust, Lawsuits, Viacom Inc., RealNetworks Inc., DVD, MPAA, software, copyright law, Hollywood
