Truthiness Comes To Viacom

The irony is so thick, it's smothering. Viacom, who sued Google for a billion dollars over copyright infringement, is now being sued by MoveOn.org and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for not understanding the very Fair Use principles the network relies on for its own parodies on "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report."

Google Wins Belgian Suit

Google just put another lawsuit behind it - at least until ServersCheck appeals a Belgian court’s decision.  The company had claimed that Google’s search engine helped users crack its software.  But, for the time being, ServersCheck’s suit has been dismissed.

Online Video – New User Interface?

 In Wednesday's SearchInsider, Aaron Goldberg looked at video search and what's going to be required for it to truly become an interesting advertising vehicle.  Some of the speculation comes from Aaron’s musing about what might happen if Google purchased Blinkx.

Online Jewelry Sales Rose 20 Percent In 2006

Online jewelry sales in the U.S. market hit $2.45 billion in 2006, an increase of 20 percent from 2005, according to data from IDEX Online Research. Online sales comprised 3.9 percent of all jewelry sales of $63.0 billion in 2006. The conventional wisdom at the start of e-commerce was that online sales of jewelry would never be a major factor. Online shoppers now buy a…

RIAA: eCommerce Public Enemy #1

With the future of industries such as online radio and peer-to-peer networking hanging in the balance, the pendulum of power is shifting from the hands of the suits at the RIAA into the hands of the public. Those who feel they have been wronged by the organization are collectively beginning to fight back.