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Chinese Web Expands
China now has 137 million Internet users and while that sounds like a lot (only second to the US in number), Pew…
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Yahoo Concludes Right Media Acquisition
Yahoo is now $650 million poorer, but that’s all right - it’s only a side effect of the Right Media acquisition having been completed.
Internet Group Argues Open Wireless Networks
The tension must be palpable in the lobbies of Capitol Hill. Just as Verizon was pleading its closed network case to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Open Internet Coalition took a whole band of experts to House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Warner, Imeem Resolve Suit, Share Music
Two months ago, Warner Music Group (WMG) filed suit against Imeem for copyright infringement. Now the suit has been dropped, and - get this - the two companies have announced a strategic partnership through which “WMG’s world-class catalog of popular audio and video content will be made available . . . for interactive, on-demand streaming on imeem’s free, ad-supported service.”
Brett Batters Vexatious Balls, Video Not On YouTube
A trademark infringement court case involving court-labeled "vexatious litigant" Leo Stoller against baseball great George Brett took a humorous twist when the judge linked to a copyright infringing video on YouTube in his written opinion.
Yahoo Panama Walks Into Australia
This is the problem with Yahoo’s name for “Panama”: it sounds quite strange when you discuss it in relation to other countries. Nonetheless, the new ad system has found its way into Australia and New Zealand.
