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Embedding a headachePosted by Denise Howell in Lawgarithms on Jul 9, 2007 12:47 PM
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Just because something is on YouTube doesn't mean you're in the clear from a copyright standpoint if you embed it. (Same goes for Flickr, etc.) Jonathan Bailey picked my brain...[Read the rest]

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Viacom and YouTube lawyers and others are in violent agreement: intellectual property won't kill social media
There has been a good deal of violent agreement thus far here at Supernova, but I was pretty surprised at the degree of it we had on the panel... [Read the rest]
Posted by Denise Howell in Lawgarithms on: Jun 20, 2007 5:36 PM
YouTube: What MySpace can teach Google about copyright
Will Google CEO Schmidt's "wait for the tools" banter on media giant Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement legal claim at the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital conference this week... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Jun 1, 2007 2:48 PM
Google YouTube: Will Microsoft, Yahoo have last laugh?
Robert Scoble headlines: “Google to Yahoo and Microsoft: The $1.65 billion was worth it,” as an end game conclusion to Google’s much ballyhooed Universal Search:  Ahh, now you all understand... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 17, 2007 12:07 PM
YouTube copyright lawsuits mount: Who needs Google?
The Google YouTube lawsuits for massive copyright infringement are coming at a fast and furious pace.The latest, as reported by Bloomberg News:"Google Inc.s YouTube unit was sued by David Grisman,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 15, 2007 8:44 AM
Google at Risk: YouTube class action lawsuit changes DMCA copyright game
YouTube class action lawsuit: Has YOUR copyright been infringed?So asks Proskauer Rose LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, the law firms prosecuting the action of The Football Association... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 11, 2007 9:33 AM
Google YouTube: Viral video success formula?
What makes for a good viral video? How can You Tube clip culture success be had?Did you ever wish you could find out directly from YouTube?Rich LeFurgy, General Partner, Archer... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 7, 2007 2:06 PM
Google's YouTube: Is NBC copyright lawsuit near?
Will NBC be the next major media company to sue Google’s YouTube for “massive copyright infringement”? YouTube: What is NBC’s end game? I asked in January, citing Rick Cotton, NBC... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 6, 2007 8:44 PM
YouTube class action lawsuit: Has YOUR copyright been infringed?
"HAS YOUR COPYRIGHT BEEN INFRINGED BY YOUTUBE?"So asks Proskauer Rose LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, the law firms prosecuting the action of The Football Association Premier League... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 5, 2007 12:09 PM
How YouTube lost its video soul, big time
Can YouTube make revenue sharing work? I asked in January, upon the worldwide transmission of King Hurleys’ snack-sized (87 seconds) utterance straight from an elevator bank in Davos, Switzerland.The Chad... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 4, 2007 8:05 AM
Google's YouTube divides community: Advertising rules, not users
UPDATE: How YouTube lost its video soul, big timeGoogle’s YouTube blog post headline says it all: “YouTube elevates most popular users to partners.”There goes Chad’s pet “community”?While Google YouTube will... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 4, 2007 12:56 AM
Why Google threatens Internet, not Viacom
Aaron Cohen, Bolt CEO, told me in February that the DMCA puts an “undue burden on copyright holders to enforce their copyrights.”He also told me that “companies that use safe... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: May 1, 2007 12:35 PM
Google accuses Viacom of 'Unclean Hands': Demands day in court!
UPDATE: Why Google threatens Internet, not Viacom Google returned the legal volley to Viacom today, filing an official response with U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 30, 2007 9:23 PM
YouTube hosts Authors @ Google: Beware, NO talking back!
YouTube’s top marketing exec Suzie Reider is fond of extolling the real “conversations” that YouTube hosted videos spark amongst YouTubers, warning prospective marketers not to “mess up” the “authentic” YouTube... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 29, 2007 6:12 AM
Web 2.0 Social Media: Voyeurs rule, not amateurs!
In my “Social Freeloaders” User Generated Content (UGC) series last year. I created a Web 2.0: Top five social risks list to evaluate the sustainability, or not, of UGC based... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 28, 2007 11:15 AM
Google to acquire NBC Universal? Why not!
Will John Battelle have to eat his Google words, AGAIN?In a typically Battellesque headline today, he responds to Bloomberg reports of calls for a General Electric spin-off of NBC Universal... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 27, 2007 3:37 PM
Google's YouTube is DMCA takedown culprit, NOT Viacom
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF) is having a good week, rallying support for a Viacom slap on the wrist cum slap on the back in the YouTube takedown notices affair."Case... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 25, 2007 5:20 AM
Supernova: will intellectual property kill social media?
I'll be moderating a session at Supernova that will look at whether social media can survive intellectual property law, and will feature general counsel from both YouTube and Viacom in... [Read the rest]
Posted by Denise Howell in Lawgarithms on: Apr 23, 2007 11:26 PM
Will Google follow Viacom's lead?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation applauds Viacom today for standing up for upfront “fair use” rights of YouTubers.Responding to Viacoms willingness to take steps to protect the free speech rights of... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 23, 2007 6:34 PM
Google's YouTube: Not so dirty little secrets
Why was Google CEO Eric Schmidt so ecstatic Thursday? Because he reported $3.66 billion in quarterly revenues to Wall Street, all fueled by advertising cum content.Google’s secret weapon is a... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 21, 2007 1:26 PM
Google, YouTube double down on user tracking: DoubleClick next up
Do you want Google to track, record and archive, on their servers, every move you make on the Web? Google is betting that you do with its new "Web History"... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 20, 2007 5:10 AM
Google CEO upholds YouTube copyright infringing business model
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and company must have been holding their "massive copyright infringement breath" during the 55 minute Q1 2007 report to Wall Street that just finished, and it... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 19, 2007 2:52 PM
Google cash-free caching gets boost with 'Webmaster Tools'
“Requesting removal from our index,” touts Google’s Vanessa Fox, in announcing "enhanced" Webmaster Tools. Should the Web’s content owners really rejoice though because Google’s “Webmaster Central” has posted page after... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 18, 2007 7:30 AM
Why is Google afraid to buy Clear Channel?
Google’s announcement of its radio ad sales brokerage agreement to resell less than 5% of number one radio station operator Clear Channel’s inventory came at a bad time, just days... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 17, 2007 8:06 AM
How Google has jumped the shark, big time
Is Google getting defensive?When the Googler in Chief takes to competitor trash talking in public, its well-honed Googley public goodwill strategy is at risk. Google (will be) a monopoly I... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 17, 2007 5:43 AM
YouTube spotlights presidential candidates; CBS excludes YouTube/MySpace from content deals; Can YouTube Hear Me? (update); and more
The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Apr 13, 2007 5:04 AM
Perfect 10 v. CCBill: "direct financial benefit" means infringing material must draw users, says Ninth Circuit
In its recent decision in Perfect 10 v. CCBill, the Ninth Circuit interprets a provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act that will be crucial to the outcome of Viacom... [Read the rest]
Posted by Denise Howell in Lawgarithms on: Apr 13, 2007 1:51 AM
Google's YouTube, Viacom: Better off divorced!
The Google-YouTube-Viacom $1 billion copyright infringement tussle is sounding more and more like the prelude to a divorce settlement!I dissect Google in-house counsel Michael Kwun’s “he-said, she-said” legal “defense” preview... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Apr 9, 2007 8:03 AM
Google Maps goes social; Copyright infringement on YouTube exaggerated?; Washingtonpost.com to embrace UGC; Facebook Diaries goes live
The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… [Read the rest]
Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Apr 6, 2007 10:55 AM
YouTube: Why Google is running scared
Google’s trademark Googley super confidence is no where to be seen in its in-house litigation counsel’s blustery quid pro quo Washington Post retort to Viacom general counsel Michael Fricklas’s prior... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 30, 2007 5:53 PM
Google vs. Viacom: Will Michael Kwun eat his DMCA words?
Michael Kwun, Google Managing Counsel, Litigation, has fighting words for $1 billion copyright infringement plaintiff Viacom, declared publicly via The Washington Post.Unfortunately for Kwun, his words are in direct contradiction... [Read the rest]
Posted by Donna Bogatin in Digital Markets on: Mar 29, 2007 7:36 PM
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