Viacom YouTube

2010-03-18T15:01:36Z

This image shows the YouTube Web site Thursday March 18, 2010, in Los Angeles. Court documents unsealed Thursday as part of a 3-year-old copyright lawsuit against the online video leader reveal YouTube founders' views on copyright, and Viacom's desire to buy the the site before getting beat out by YouTube founder as video pirate, show Viacom wanted to buy YouTube</div><div><p>Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over t...

Nasty Google-Viacom billion-dollar battle goes public

2010-03-18T17:15:37Z

<div><p>Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar copyright battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom.</p><p>Viacom was also a target in filings with Google countering that the SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Viacom Inc accused Google Inc of turning a blind eye to illegal video clips on its YouTube site in a bid to attract viewers, according to court documents relea...

Google-Viacom lawsuit deal cloaks YouTube user identities

2010-03-18T16:16:27Z

<div><p>Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar court battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom.</p><p>Viacom was also a target in filings with Google countering that the

Court records illuminate Viacom-YouTube battle

2010-03-18T12:16:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Court records show YouTube founders views on copyright, reveal Viacom wanted to buy YouTube</div><div><p>YouTube co-founder Steve Chen once warned fellow co-founder Jawed Karim to stop posting pirated videos on their Web site, according to cou...

24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute

2010-03-17T16:16:24Z

<div><p>YouTube said Wednesday that 24 hours worth of video are being uploaded to the video-sharing site every minute.</p><p>"What?s next? 30 hours? 36 hours?" YouTube director of product management Hunter Walk said in a blog post.</p><p>"A day's worth of content uploaded to YouTube every minute is a big achievement for our community and speaks to the role video plays in connecting and changing the world on...

Militant and hate group Internet use grows: report

2010-03-15T12:30:16Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the comScore on Monday reported that US online video viewing at YouTube climbed 50 percent in January as compared to the same month a year earlier.</p><p>More than 173.3 million US Internet users watched video online in January, tuning into a total of 32.4 billion videos. The duration...

YouTube turns on captions on millions of videos

2010-03-04T18:33:19Z

<div id="subtitle">YouTube adding captions to millions of videos with new speech-recognition technology</div><div><p>YouTube is adding captions to millions of Internet videos.</p><p>The feature unveiled Thursday expands upon speech-recognition technology that YouTube began using to make captions available on a limited number of videos late last year.</p><p>YouTube's audience will be able to requ...

YouTube extends automatic video captioning

2010-03-04T15:17:05Z

<div><p>YouTube, in a significant development for millions of deaf Internet users, extended automatic caption capability Thursday to all English-language videos on the video-sharing website.</p><p>YouTube users have been able to manually add captions to videos since 2008 and in November of last year the site began offering machine-generated captions for about a dozen partner channels.</p><p>Hiroto Tokusei, ...

3 Google execs convicted of privacy violations

2010-02-24T01:30:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Italian court convicts 3 Google execs of violating privacy in video of abused autistic boy</div><div><p>Three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations Wednesday in allowing a video of an autistic boy being abused to be posted online — a case that has been closely watched for its implications on Internet freedom.</p><p>Judge Osc...

Abortion doctor's killer says he has no regrets

2010-02-22T10:30:06Z

<div><p>The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has little sympathy for the family of his victim, comparing them to the relatives of a hit man in a recording posted online.</p><p>In his first public comments since his trial for the murder of Dr. George Tiller, Scott Roeder a...

Drug violence spurs music-warning bill in Mexico

2010-02-22T11:07:27Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Billboard) - When the Mexican Navy gunned down notorious Mexican drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva in December, tribute videos started popping up on YouTube

Super Bowl-Pete Wentz

2010-02-05T16:00:38Z

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, Pete Wentz attends the launch party for Vevo, a premium music video and entertainment experience, created by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and YouTube, in

Calif. gay marriage trial re-enacted on Internet

2010-02-22T12:29:34Z

<div id="subtitle">California filmmakers re-enacting gay marriage trial on the Internet</div><div><p>Where there's the Web, there's a way.</p><p>Seeking to overcome a broadcast blackout imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court, a pair of gay Los Angeles filmmakers have undertaken the task of faithful...

Obama TouTube

2010-02-01T15:00:57Z

In this screen capture, President Barack Obama is seen live on the White House YouTube channel, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, from the White House in Washington, answering video and text questions submitted by YouTube. (AP Photo/YouTube)

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Obama follows State of the Union with YouTube

2010-02-22T12:57:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama follows up on State of the Union with YouTube interview at White House</div><div><p>There was a fireplace, but no roaring fire, as President Barack Obama sat down Monday for his version of the venerable fireside chat via 21st century technology: a...

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