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24 Nov 2008
Advertising claims made in videos on YouTube are subject to the same standards of truth and accuracy as ads that appear in traditional media, according to a US advertising watchdog. Such ads can escape the UK regulator's remit, though.
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20 Nov 2008
One of the world's biggest law firms is suing a small Chicago-based website for naming the firm and linking to two of its associates' biographies. A judge rejected an attempt to have the case thrown out last week.
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19 Nov 2008
European law is introducing a 'three strikes and you're out' law for ISPs to disconnect illegal file sharers "under cover of stealth", according to legal experts. The EU's telecoms reform package could guarantee the legality of such schemes.
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13 Nov 2008
Artists have unanimously backed a proposal to award resale royalties to artists after their death, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) has said. The art trade has almost unanimously rejected the plan.
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05 Nov 2008
Social networking site MySpace will place advertising on some user-uploaded videos that will be recognised by advertising software. The company has signed a deal with MTV to allow uploads of its video content to remain online and attract advertising....
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04 Nov 2008
Content published on user-generated encyclopaedia Wikipedia might soon be usable along with content from other open source information projects. The licence under which Wikipedia is published currently makes that impossible in most cases.
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