Google (NSDQ: GOOG) wants to get a better reputation in Europe - and give the rub to those who think all its innovations come out of California or India -…

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YouTube (Nsdq: GOOG) has done an agreement with MCPS-PRS Alliance, the music collection society in UK, under which the society licenses 10 million pieces of music to YouTube, in return…

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- YouTube: The video sharing site’s policing policy has brought more controversy in Europe. Germany’s Central Council of Jews is reportedly considering suing Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) for allowing videos that…

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-- Olympics: NBC will provide video from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to a forthcoming multimedia website offered to Associated Press clients. The news agency has teamed with the broadcaster, which…

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Despite a number of agreements with content owners and the promise to put a new copyright filtering system in place next month, YouTube’s legal troubles continue. The National Music Publishers…

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-- Jalipo-BSkyB: BSkyB has signed a distribution agreement with new service Jalipo that puts its Sky News 24/7 rolling TV news channel on the recently-launched U.K. web TV platform. Jalipo…

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Some more details off the back of yesterday’s announcement BBC’s iPlayer will be available, ahead of latest schedule, in July:- - Targets: BBC is targeting 500,000 users after six months,…

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Correction: The Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) announced its support of the would-be class action against YouTube and Google; it did not join the suit but encouraged its…

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At a Paris press conference, YouTube unveiled localized versions for Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Holland, Poland, Spain and the UK (Germany is missing). Initially, the sites get translated homepages,…

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France’s top soccer leagues and its tennis governing body are the latest to join a proposed class-action lawsuit against YouTube for alleged copyright infringement. The Ligue de Football Professionnel and…

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EMI has struck a licensing deal with Google covering use of its artists’ music on YouTube. The deal, which makes EMI the last of the majors to form an official…

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The European Commission has clarified new media regulations, passed last week, that pertain to some new media but not all. The Audio-Visual Media Services directive (AVMS) makes the first ever…

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Add another voice in the spate of Google/YouTube lawsuits: NBC Universal has joined Viacom in a friend of the court brief opposing YouTube’s bid to dismiss the copyright infringement suit…

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Updated to include Google response. Two law firms are trying to set up a class action suit representing copyright owners, large and small, who contend their rights are infringed by…

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Starting today users in the U.K. have free access – albeit limited - to YouTube via the Vodafone Live service, tech.co.uk reports. For starters users will be able to access…

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-- Tribeca downloads Jaman: Jaman, the recently launched U.S. movie download service specializing in world cinema, has struck two separate deals, with the Tribeca Film Festival and sales outfit Dreamachine,…

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Luxembourg-based European media group RTL is looking for acquisitions and aims to “fight” the threat posed by social networking and video sharing. Speaking at MipTV in Cannes, CEO Gerhard Zeiler…

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The BBC will need to consult its regulatory Trust if it chooses to widen its content partnership with YouTube. The BBC launched a trailers channel, an ad-supported clips channel aimed…

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The BBC has attracted a quarter-million views from YouTube since launching its partnership with the video sharing site six days ago. Following a panel, the corporation’s internet controller Tony Ageh…

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Mobile operators and companies may like to think their mission is to facilitate user-gen content and assist in its greater distribution, but this blog (which picks up on a Swedish-language…

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Another social media deal for Vodafone, which earlier this week signed as the exclusive UK carrier for MySpace.com. Now, Vodafone has an agreement with YouTube to provide a mobile version…

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An interesting overview of the online video sharing sites and scene in Europe, and the big question whether biggies such as YouTube would run them over once it gets serious…

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A week after the UK government thought it was being really clever posting public service videos on YouTube - one video has been pulled because it breached copyright. COI Television…

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