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AP – Blockbuster Inc. unveiled a prototype of an in-store kiosk for downloading movies at its annual meeting on Wednesday, part of its plan to transform into more than just a DVD rental chain.

Reuters – Sales of high definition Blu-ray DVD recorders are zooming up in Japan as consumers take to the new generation of home movie entertainment after the end of a bitter format war.

NewsFactor – Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube could mean the end of social networking as we know it, Google has told a U.S. court.

TechWeb – InformationWeek – The Web portal says its YouTube division exceeds the minimum requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

TechWeb – InformationWeek – A report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center highlights how extremists have turned to YouTube, Facebook, online games, and Second Life to recruit new members.

Reuters – Verizon Communications Inc is offering a broadband video subscription service from Starz Entertainment to expand its video offering on the Internet, the companies said on Tuesday.

AP – A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube’s ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google Inc. said.