QN Web Extra | Mother Earth and Her Children
Learn how copyright issues affected Sieglinde Schoen Smith's new book, based on her interpretation of a 1906 German children's book of the same title.One of the 2008 Growing Good Kids (sm) Excellence in Children's LIterature award

BetaNews | Blogger arrested for leaking Guns N' Roses MP3s
A blogger going by the name of Skwerl on music site Antiquiet was arrested by the FBI at 7:00 am PDT on Wednesday for making nine demo tracks from Guns N' Roses' upcoming album "Chinese Democracy" available to the public for download.

SiteProNews: Court Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Data
A federal court has ordered the giant of all Internet companies - Google, to hand over documents concerning YouTube's viewing data to another media monster - Viacom. Viacom and Google are currently entangled in a no-holds barred lawsuit, concerning...

Piracy or the Next Big Thing?
Filed under: Internet, AnalysisThe age-old battle of copyright and artist freedom keeps clanging away in the distance, and are we any better off than we were when DAT machines were castrated in the 80's? I read a report this morning about a UK band...

Veoh decision setback for Viacom, but Google not off hook | News - Digital Media - CNET News
Explains what Veoh had to do to avoid copyright infringement relating to user generated content specifically video.

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What The Veoh Decision Means For YouTube And Others
Great decision by a judge practical and protects content creators and website owners.

Internet Explorer’s Extreme Makeover

RIAA confirms it's behind the Muxtape shutdown
Muxtape, the love-child of the Internet and 80s cassette mix tapes, has had its plug pulled by the RIAA. Currently, visitors to the site are greeted with a brief statement that Muxtape will be "unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a...

Skip the File-Wiping if You're Caught File-Sharing [File Sharing]
The defendant in a much-watched file-sharing case was dealt a serious blow this week when a judge ruled he tampered with evidence in the case. After first getting notice from the Recording Industry Association of America, Jeffrey Howell, according to Ars...

What The Veoh Decision Means For YouTube And Others
Attorneys representing online video sites around the country are salivating today over the Veoh summary judgment decision (I know this because I’ve spoken to a few of them). In a nutshell, here’s what we learned today: If you take reasonable...

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