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  • May 2008

    • Piracy Police Accidentally Hit Non-Pirates

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 30, 08 10:34 AM CDT

      Piracy Police Accidentally Hit Non-Pirates

      (Newser) - MediaDefender’s job is to hunt down pirates. The company specializes in seeding piracy sites with fake files, or “spoofs,” frustrating would-be media thieves. There’s just one problem: Its latest victim, Revision3 Corp, isn’t actually pirating anything. An Internet TV network, Revision3 was using file sharing technology—legally—to spread its content, when MediaDefender flooded it with spoofs, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      file sharing  • piracy  • online media

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • EU Proposes Digital Media Plan

      Reuters  |  Jan 4, 08 12:46 PM CST

      EU Proposes Digital Media Plan

      (Newser) - The European Commission wants to create a unified European online market for music, films and games. Goal is to streamline the patchwork of regulations across member nations, to make multi-territory copyright licenses easier, and to combat illegal downloads it says are discouraging content providers from  offering their products on the internet.  The effort will begin with non-binding policy recommendations by mid-2008, Reuters reports. More »

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      copyright  • European Commission  • online media

  • December 2007

    • Apple Wants Slice of Movie Rental Biz

      Associated Press  |  Dec 27, 07 11:53 PM CST

      Apple Wants Slice of Movie Rental Biz

      (Newser) - Apple is getting ready to formally announce the launch of its online movie rental business, the AP reports. Fox is already on board, as the FT reported yesterday, and other studios are expected to follow in making their movies available for rent through iTunes. Apple's also planning a widespread licensing deal for its FairPlay anti-piracy technology. More »

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      movie  • Apple  • Fox  • iTunes  • film studio  • iTunes Store  • digital downloads  • online media  • movie rentals

  • November 2007

    • The Internet Didn't Kill the TV Show

      New York Times  |  Nov 9, 07 4:19 PM CST

      The Internet Didn't Kill the TV Show

      (Newser) - With Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube, and widespread speculation that the dearth of material created by a long TV writers' strike will send more viewers online, there are still some economists who think Internet video could stimulate rather than stifle TV viewing. The key is not to think of the online/on-air conflict as a zero sum game, Melissa Lafsky writes on the Freakonomics blog at the New York Times. More »

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      television  • YouTube  • copyright  • Viacom  • online media

  • October 2007

    • MSNBC Buys Out Online Indy News Site

      New York Times  |  Oct 7, 07 11:21 PM CDT

      MSNBC Buys Out Online Indy News Site

      (Newser) - MSNBC will announce today its acquisition of online news site Newsvine, as the media giant attempts to revamp its image. While the move will only add 1 million monthly users to its already massive 29 million, Newsvine's user-generated content and annotated stories are expected to give MSNBC a leg up with competitors like Yahoo and CNN, the New York Times reports. More »

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      MSNBC  • online media  • online news

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Wikipedia: Encyclopedia, Newspaper, or Cult?

      New York Times  |  Jul 1, 07 10:51 AM CDT

      Wikipedia: Encyclopedia, Newspaper, or Cult?

      (Newser) - Novelist Jonathan Dee plumbs the phenomenon that is Wikipedia: First it was a populist encyclopedia, increasingly it's populist journalism, and all along it's been a religious cult, populated by cybermonks working in isolation, often putting in long hours in their bedrooms on school nights. The amazing twist, he notes, is how well it works, getting most things right—eventually. More »

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      religious right  • Wikipedia  • online media  • Jimmy Wales

  • May 2007

    • TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

      Reuters  |  May 9, 07 8:01 AM CDT

      TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

      (Newser) - A panel of top television executives at a Vegas conference yesterday went on the offensive against their digital rivals, blasting the perception that cell phones, the Web, and other digital formats are killing their business. Quite the contrary, pronounced Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons: "The Googles, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux Nation." More »

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      Internet  • Google  • television  • YouTube  • media  • News Corp  • Viacom  • online media  • Richard Parsons

  • March 2007

    • Bochco Switches to Shorts

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 20, 07 8:28 AM CDT

      Bochco Switches to Shorts

      (Newser) - Steven Bochco, the brains behind "L.A. Law" and "Hill Street Blues," is the latest to move from the small screen to the short attention span. His new project is "Cafe Confidential," an online video featuring a series of brief clips from members of the under-30 crowd hanging out in cafes and confessing amusing—and embarrassing—personal stories for your entertainment. More »

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      Internet  • television  • entertainment  • online media

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