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26.07.2008
You Tube loses Telecinco case
Spanish broadcaster Telecinco has won a lawsuit it filed against You Tube, accusing the video-sharing site of violating its intellectual property rights. Telecinco, controlled by Italian broadcaster Mediaset and owned by Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, said in a statement that Madrid's commercial court had ordered Google-owned YouTube to stop broadcasting content belonging to the channel. While no financial penalties appear to have been issued, the ruling could prove costly for YouTube if it ends up influencing the company's ongoing legal battles with TF1 and Viacom.
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24.07.2008
Is Barack Obama Losing His YouTube Mojo?
If elections were held on You Tube, Barack Obama would win hands-down -- so far. But the McCain campaign is making inroads on the Web, aided by some good old-fashioned attack ads. McCain has beaten Obama in terms of viewers on YouTube on four of the last six days, thanks to the success of two ads: "Obama Love," a montage of press fauning over Obama, and "Pump", which blames Obama for high gas prices. The former has been viewed more than 176,000 times in two days, and the latter 140,000 times in three days.
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21.07.2008
You Tube party to TV debate
TVNZ will partner with You Tube to put Internet users in the box seat at this year's televised election debate. TVNZ's head of emerging business, Jason Paris, says the format will be closely modelled on a debate between candidates for the US democratic nomination that was hosted by Google-owned YouTube and CNN last year.
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18.07.2008
Viacom takes hold of Google's YouTube database
In a U.S. District Court in New York, Viacom is continuing its pursuit of a $1 billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc, owner of online video hosting service You Tube. A key turn in the case happened on Tuesday when Judge Louis Stanton ordered Google to turn over its database of YouTube usernames and log ins to Viacom. Viacom, owners of Paramount Studios and MTV believe that viewers on YouTube are watching more copyrighted content than what was once expected.
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