p2pnet headline roundups, June 30, 2008
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EMI Music Sues Hi5, VideoEgg and Ten Defendants To Be Named Later - TechCrunch
EMI, which is looking less like a music label and more like a lawsuit label, is at it again. This afternoon they filed a lawsuit alleging “massive and blatant” copyright infringement by Hi5, VideoEgg and ten John Doe defendants to be named later. The core of the suit is over copyrighted EMI content that appears on Hi5, particularly music videos. EMI is a particularly litigious company. In the recent past, they’vd sued or threatened to sue AllofMP3, YouTube, Apple, MP3Tunes, XM Radio, Infospace (can’t really blame them there) and even The Beatles. One person close to the litigation says that the parties have been negotiating with EMI for well over a year to avoid litigation, but that they were unable to reach agreement. The shakedown attempt before litigation is standard practice these days. But what is a little different here is that EMI is going deep into the supply chain to find other deep pockets.
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eBay fined for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online - Agence France-Presse
A French court on Monday ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection. The Paris commercial court ruled in favour of six LVMH brands and also barred eBay from selling four perfumes — Christian Dior, Kenzo, Givenchy and Guerlain — on its websites. The world’s largest online auctioneer, eBay immediately announced it would lodge an appeal, rejecting the view that the court had upheld copyright law. “This decision is not based on combating counterfeit material. It is based on LVMH’s desire to protect its commercial practices and exclude competition,” said a spokeswoman for eBay in Paris.
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Judge halts release of Verne Troyer sex tape - Associated Press
Verne Troyer successfully shut down the distribution of a sex tape featuring the “Austin Powers” actor and a former girlfriend _ for now. The celebrity Web site TMZ posted a 25-second snipped of the video Wednesday, but pulled the clips down Friday evening after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order requested by Troyer’s attorneys. The ruling also prevents any attempt by a porn distributor from taking orders for the full 50-minute video, and keeps TMZ from broadcasting any more clips. Troyer’s lawsuit also seeks $20 million in damages and the return of all copies of the tape.
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Spam fighters lay down gauntlet - BBC
New guidelines for how internet service providers should combat spam have been published. The advice, from the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) recommends ISPs use separate servers for received and forwarded e-mails. It also recommends ISPs block the port - known as port 25 - through which spam travels Richard Cox from UK anti-spam group Spamhaus believes the guidelines could be implemented within the year.
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Will Andreessen befriend Zuckerberg? - CNET News
The rumors have been floating around for a while, and now Mike Arrington is reporting that Marc Andreessen is going to join Facebook’s board of directors. (Kara Swisher had the original news break back in May.) Best known as the founder of Netscape, Andreessen these days is involved with Ning, which supplies a platform for “white label” social networks that you can brand as your own.
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NBC’s Online Olympics Policy: Big Win For Pirate P2P Sites - Silicon Alley Insider
Is NBC going to botch the Beijing Games online? Looks that way. The network is planning an unprecedented 2,200 hours of live coverage on the Web–far more than the 1,400 hours on six NBC U-owned TV channels. Good, right? One very big catch: The network won’t allow you watch anything it thinks it has mass appeal — that is, anything it intends to air on its own broadcast — until it has shown it on TV, the AP reports. In addition, NBC U is banning the use of any Olympic video online by other news organizations covering the event. Video from the Olympic trials, going on now, must come down on Aug. 7, the day before the games begin. NBC U paid $800 million for the U.S. rights to the Beijing Olympics alone, and $3.5 billion for five Olympic games through 2008. The Olympics are a vast money-losing operation for NBC, meant to provide a ratings halo for the network’s other shows and help promote the fall TV season. NBC expects to lose even more money on the online broadcast, but nevertheless sees it as an opportunity to build an audience that will surely seek coverage elsewhere if NBC doesn’t provide it.
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U.S. and EU near private data deal: report - Reuter
The United States and the European Union are near a deal on letting law enforcement and security agencies obtain private information like credit card transactions and travel histories about people on the other side of the Atlantic, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The newspaper, which obtained an internal report on the potential agreement, said it would amount to a diplomatic breakthrough for U.S. counterterrorism officials after a history of clashing with the EU over demands for personal data. It was unclear when the agreement could be completed, the Times said, citing officials, but the Bush administration wants to resolve the issues before leaving office in January and is hoping for an agreement that would not require congressional approval.
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