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YouTube Money With Strings Attached
YouTube is trying to convince professional content makers to create stuff for the video site. And it’s offering some of them millions of dollars to make it happen. But even though Google has plenty of money, it’s not giving it away. That cash comes with strings (For full report see Peter Kafka, All Things Digital).
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Convicted For Illegal File Sharing
The first person in Scotland to be convicted of illegally sharing music files online has been sentenced to three years probation. The BBC reports that Nurse Anne Muir admitted distributing £54,000 worth of copyrighted music files by making them available to others via a peer-to-peer file sharing application (For full report BBC website).
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eBay and PayPal sue Google
Google is being sued by internet payment firm PayPal over claims the web giant stole technology allowing smartphones to buy things in shops. PayPal allege that former executives Osama Bedier and Stephanie Tilenius defected and used trade secrets to help their new company create Google Wallet. The lawsuit was filed just hours after Mr Bedier,…
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China’s New Internet Regulator
According to the The Chinese Government’s Official Web Portal: “…the Chinese government announced Wednesday the setting up of an office to manage Internet information. The department, known as the State Internet Information Office, will: direct, coordinate and supervise online content management and handle administrative approval of businesses related to online news reporting…, work to implement…