As the Viacom Google legal battle over YouTube clip copyright issues intensifies Google has tried to knock the rhetorical ball back into Viacom’s court stating today in papers filed with the judge that Viacom:
“threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment and political and artistic expression.”
In a nutshell the suit is a claim by Viacom that Google owned and controlled YouTube has remained very lax regarding the upload and distribution of copyrighted materials owned by Viacom, and that this has led to diminished revenues for Viacom, and More»

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Ebay has released details of its complaint against Craigslist, somewhat ironically a company in which Ebay has a substantial equity stake. That equity is critical to the lawsuit, which in a nutshell is about how Craigslist responded to Ebay’s entry into the classified market with their listings website called Kijiji. That response was a reorganization that effectively took away Ebay’s right to have a seat on the Craigslist board due to stock dilution.
New York Times Summary
Ebay Complaint
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In an ironic virtual world twist the makers of one of the world’s most popular and lucrative massively multiplayer games, World of Warcraft, are suing a programmer for creating a “bot” that automates many game playing skills.
Issues like this will become more common as more time and money flow into the virtual world, and it is not clear how courts will interpret old ’static media’ rules within the context of the many supercharged, dynamic, and very financially lucrative online environments.
Dan reports at CNET
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Cisco is facing a lawsuit after an employee - who happend to be in charge of Cisco’s Intellectual Property Division - criticized other companies on his personal blog. The companies that came under fire are now suing the company, claiming the employee should have disclosed his Cisco affiliation.Anne at CNET wonders today if a new spate of blog lawsuits may be coming as employees are increasingly given, and taking, the freedom to discuss company issues. My guess is that companies have little to worry about. Several prominent bloggers More»

Labels: Blogs, cisco, companies, lawsuits, liability