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A Victory For Video Sites: Court Grants Veoh Its DMCA Defense In Copyright Case (GOOG)

2008-08-27 23:56:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
 
This won't resolve Viacom v. Google, or any of the other knotty copyright disputes roiling the Web. But it's certainly going to give sites like YouTube (GOOG) legal ammunition: A U.S. District judge in San Jose has ruled for video site Veoh in a copyright case filed by porn producer Io Group Io, best known to its customers as Titan Media, sued...
 
Tags: video site veoh, video site, veoh, site, copyright, veoh aims, sued veoh, sued, encourage copyright infringement
 
 
 
 
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ESPN, Others Dump Another $80 Million Into The Active Network

2008-08-27 16:20:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...Software, and plans to use the new cash for more "appropriate acquisitions
 
Tags: million, company, company manages sign-ups, active network, online registration site, performance equity partners, rafat ali remembers, hy-tec sports software, canaan partners
 
 
 
 
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TiVo Q2: Revenue Light, Beats EPS Estimates On Lower Costs

2008-08-27 16:15:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...software Rogers: We are in the development phase. Not ready to discuss it Can you tell us about guidance. Why do you lowball guidance Rogers: We had seasonal issues in the third quarter, including loading up the retail chain, increased marketing. That will put pressure on our EBITDA. Lower technology revenues. Trying to give as realistic a...
 
Tags: tivo, 20k tivo households, tivo patents, tivo boxes, tivo announces, tivo advertiser roles, tivo solution, tivo subscribers, rogers
 
 
 
 
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Apple's iPhone Getting More Popular With Enterprise Buyers, Says Study (AAPL, RIMM)

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2008-08-27 16:07:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...software update, which includes several enterprise-focused features like access to Microsoft (MSFT) Exchange email and calendars. Says ChangeWave's Paul Carton In yet another positive for Apple, 19% report the release of the 3G iPhone has made their company More Likely to purchase Apple products in the future - only 1% say Less Likely . Thus,...
 
Tags: apple, purchase apple products, iphone, news apple, news, apple products, iphone appears, iphone release appears, apple plans
 
 
 
 
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The New York Times Wants Your Comments! But Not All Of Them

2008-08-27 16:06:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
 
Like just about every other Web publisher, the New York Times has figured out that encouraging commenting on its stories is one of the best things it can do.* And like just about every other Web publisher, the NYT is trying to encourge commenting on its stories -- by highlighting the fact that people are commenting on its stories (see above...
 
Tags: comments, york times, nyt, actual nyt employee, web publisher, time, paper, real-time discussion, stories
 
 
 
 
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Slate's Business Spinoff, "The Big Money," Has A Launch Date

2008-08-27 15:14:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
 
OK, it's the week before Labor Day, so since a reader asked, we checked in with editor Jim Ledbetter and Washington Post Interactive (WPO) to find out when we're going to see Slate's business spinoff, " The Big Money Last we heard the startup was slated for summer launch and, well, summer's almost over. New launch date, per Jim: September 15....
 
Tags: launch, summer launch, summer, business spinoff, money, editor jim ledbetter, jim, washington post interactive, biz news site
 
 
 
 
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Bad News For Viacom: Britney A No-Show At MTV Awards

2008-08-27 14:34:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
 
A year ago, Viacom's MTV got a not-totally-unexpected bump when Britney Spears made a humiliating/entertaining appearance on the cable network's annual award show. MTV has been publicly hoping for a repeat performance next week, and we can't really think of a good reason not to do so, besides the whole "personal dignity" angle. And that's...
 
Tags: mtv, britney, mtv must-see, britney spears, spears, mtv networks music, network, president van toffler, cable network
 
 
 
 
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Barry Diller's First Post-Split Launch At IAC: A Virtual World For Kids (IACI)

2008-08-27 13:46:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
 
After this month's split-up into five units, IAC (IACI) becomes a more Web-focused company, and new startups are a big part of the strategy To wit: the NY Post reports today that Barry Diller is lauching a spinoff of two-year-old virtual world Zinky.com. "Zwinky Cuties" is aimed squarely at Disney's Penguin Club, which is a big hit with 6 to...
 
Tags: barry diller, barry diller explains, iac, penguin club, zwinky cuties, zwinky, charge users, successful digital businesses, users