Google has been trying to settle several different lawsuits brought by the Authors Guild and the AAP ( Association of American Publishers) over copyrighted works being put online for their much touted Book Search. The class action brought by the Authors Guild members was filed to halt Google’s endeavors to place the books online for [...]
Google Coughs Up $125 Million for Book Search Lawsuits
October 28th, 2008YouTube: Ads and Captions
August 31st, 2008YouTube is making some decent money from monetizing pirated content. They offer choices, now, for large media companies whose copyrighted content is being shown on the video site; remove it, leave it, or leave it and monetize it. 90 % are going for door number three, and YouTube is splitting the take with them (the [...]
An ‘I Told Them So…’
August 17th, 2008A month ago, some of you may remember I suggested that rather get up in arms over ‘pirated content’ appearing on YouTube, the owners of the copyright should consider it free advertising and just get over it! Lo and behold, a few major companies, including CBS, Lionsgate and Universal Music are doing just that – [...]