NewsFactor - For all the talk about Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against Google and YouTube, there are also copyright holders who have filed a class-action suit. This class claims YouTube violated intellectual-property rights by posting video clips without permission.
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc, the largest Internet retailer, will launch a streaming video service in the next few weeks to augment its digital offerings, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday.
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.