Legal

Viacom-YouTube Case: Google Doesn’t Have To Reveal Innermost Secrets - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 03 Jul 2008 01:50 AM PST

Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) $1 billion YouTube copyright suit may have gone quiet in recent months, but it picked up again on Tuesday when Google (NSDQ: GOOG) was handed two partial…

DOJ Reviewing Yahoo-Google Ad Deal, Will Consult Rivals: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Jul 2008 02:33 AM PST

They gave the Department Of Justice three and a half months to review their ad deal - and it’s now doing just that in earnest. An unnamed source tells Washington…

Court Denies Akamai’s Request For Permanent Injunction Against Limelight - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 01 Jul 2008 10:59 PM PST

The fight in the CDN space continues: In a mixed verdict for Limelight Networks (NSDQ: LLNW), the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts refused to issue a permanent injunction against it…

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UK’s ‘Hulu’ Kangaroo Delayed By Anti-Trust Inquiry - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 30 Jun 2008 04:53 AM PST

In the UK, the launch of the “Kangaroo” VOD JV between BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 faces significant delay after the government’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT)…

RealNetworks Launches MP3 Store; Unlimited Music in Verizon Wireless - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 29 Jun 2008 10:00 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), among the early proponents on DRM-free music, has finally been able to launch an MP3 store, joining the likes of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), Napster…

News Corp Taking DRM Firm NDS Private In $3.6 Billion Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 28 Jun 2008 09:45 AM PST

NDS, the UK-based DRM and conditional access firm which is majority owned by News Corp, is now being taken private: News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is teaming up with Permira Advisers,…

FCC Regs Opening Pay TV Service To Telcos Upheld By Appeals Court - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 27 Jun 2008 05:53 PM PST

Telcos scored a victory in federal court Friday upholding an earlier Federal Communications Commission ruling that will ease the path for companies like Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T)…

Microsoft, Google And Others Agree To Electronic Health Records Standard - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 25 Jun 2008 06:16 PM PST

In a move designed to prompt more people to store their medical records online, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and several others have agreed on privacy standards to protect…

France To Tax Mobile, Internet And TV Revenues To Fund Public Broadcaster - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 25 Jun 2008 01:52 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made good on his promise to shake up the country’s media industry. Starting on January 1 next year prime-time advertising on public television will be…

Cablevision’s Newsday Acquisition Gets Antitrust Clearance - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 24 Jun 2008 09:15 AM PST

Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has received the green light from the FTC for its acquisition of Long Island newspaper Newsday, according to Reuters. This wasn’t expected to be a major hurdle,…

Yahoo-Google Ad Deal Prompts Multiple Congressional Hearings, Usual Washington Circus - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 24 Jun 2008 07:58 AM PST

It looks like Jerry Yang’s jaunt to Washington, DC won’t be enough to prevent congressmen from getting their two cents in on the company’s ad deal with Google (NSDQ: GOOG).…

Digimarc Gets Higher Bid For ID Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sun 22 Jun 2008 07:20 PM PST

Back in March, digital watermarker Digimarc said it was selling its ID business to L-1 Identity for $250 million, and that subsequently its watermarking business would be spun into a…

MSG’s Website Dispute With NHL: May Lose Control Over Rangers - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 21 Jun 2008 08:07 PM PST

The ongoing saga of Madison Square Garden’s dispute with the National Hockey league continues: New York Rangers, run by MSG LP, which in turn is a Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) Systems…

Spain’s Telecinco TV Channel Sues YouTube, Seeks Damages - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 20 Jun 2008 01:22 AM PST

Joining the Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and TF1 lawsuits, Spain’s Telecinco channel is the latest to sue YouTube, claiming intellectual property infringement. Mario Rodriguez, general secretary of the country’s number-one network,…

AP Says Drudge Retort Excerpt ‘Matter’ Closed; No Official Policy Announced - 7 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 19 Jun 2008 05:05 PM PST

Hard to believe that all of the discourse (public and private) on how the AP handled the way its material was being used by the Drudge Retort boils down to…

Yang Stops By Congress To Smooth Path For Google Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 18 Jun 2008 04:38 PM PST

While Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) waits to begin its ad deal with Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Jerry Yang went to DC to chat with some of the company’s fiercest critics. A company…

Yahoo-Google: Antitrust Outcome Hinges On Market Definition: Is It Search Ads? Online Ads? - 3 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 17 Jun 2008 06:15 AM PST

Even though they said it wasn’t required of them, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Google are waiting 3.5 months before implementing their agreement, just to avoid any antitrust problems. So, will…

AP Wants Change In Blog Excerpting, Just Not Sure What - 5 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 16 Jun 2008 08:41 AM PST

The AP is spoiling for a fight it can’t win. It started last week when the news organization took exception with the linking and excerpting practices at the Drudge Retort…

Google-Yahoo: Senate Antitrust’s First Reaction: Plan To Investigate Closely - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 12 Jun 2008 06:39 PM PST

Will it or won’t it? U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, came out with a statement this evening on the Yahoo-Google (NSDQ: GOOG) deal: “We…

Legal Watch: Take-Two Subpoena; CNET Lawsuit - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 11 Jun 2008 02:40 PM PST

A couple of developments on the legal front from companies dealing with possible transactions… -- Take-Two: The video game maker facing a hostile threat from Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) disclosed…

T-Mobile, AT&T And Starbucks Resolve Wi-Fi Dispute - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 11 Jun 2008 12:17 PM PST

Starbucks, AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile reached an agreement, putting to rest a week-old lawsuit filed by T-Mobile that alleged that AT&T and Starbucks were not abiding by an agreement…

Yahoo: Severance Plan Not ‘Nuts’; Not Easily Revoked; And It Wouldn’t Cost Microsoft $2.4 Billion - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 10 Jun 2008 02:34 PM PST

Following the latest twist in the shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), and Carl Icahn’s continued jabs, Yahoo has filed an FAQ with the SEC, detailing everything you wanted to…

Yahoo Shareholders Want Severance Plan Struck Down; Claim Invalid Under Delaware Law - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 10 Jun 2008 11:30 AM PST

As Carl Icahn has honed in on Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) severance plan as a key vulnerability, so too have the shareholders suing the company. In a motion filed yesterday (.pdf,…

CBS Gets Anti-Trust Clearance on CNET Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jun 2008 11:05 AM PST

Not that this was going to be an issue, but the CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) buyout of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks is moving along, and more significantly, no other bidders have…

XM Settles Suit With EMI on Portable Music Player; Major Labels Out Of The Way - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 10 Jun 2008 09:23 AM PST

XM Satellite Radio (NSDQ: XMSR) has settled a lawsuit brought by EMI against the firm over the Pioneer Inno digital media player, which has live recording capabilities. This is the…