LIONSGATE IN DEAL WITH YOUTUBE

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LIONSGATE IN DEAL WITH YOUTUBE
Thursday, July 17 2008

In a landscape-changing decision, Lionsgate said Wednesday that it would allow YouTube users to watch scenes from its movies, even reedit and repost them, in return for a share of revenue from advertising accompanying the clips. Curt Marvis, Lionsgate's president of digital media, suggested in an interview with today's (Thursday) Los Angeles Times that the studio is flying blind in its deal with YouTube. "One of the best ways to find out how to deal with this new age of digital distribution is to get in there and figure it out," he said. Lionsgate has not yet decided which films it intends to provide to YouTube or whether restrictions will be placed on their reuse. He suggested that the clips might be linked to a website where the full version of the movie might be offered for sale or streaming rental. Meanwhile, TiVo said that beginning today, its subscribers will be able to stream YouTube videos onto their TV sets via their TiVo boxes.

GOOGLE SPURNS NEW VIACOM DEMAND
Monday, July 14 2008
Google has refused to provide Viacom with information about whether YouTube employees have uploaded clips of Viacom-owned movies or television shows to the online video service, according to CNET News. Google has said that it agreed to turn over information about viewing activity to Viacom, provided that it could be "anonymalized." The website quoted sources as saying that if "Chad Hurley, one of YouTube's co-founders, uploaded a copyright video or viewed them, Viacom's lawyers believe (more)

GOOGLE WON'T FIGHT ORDER TO TURN OVER YOUTUBE RECORDS
Tuesday, July 8 2008
Google has no intention of challenging a judge's order that its YouTube unit turn over to Viacom information about users who viewed videos on the website. However, it said that it would attempt to keep the identity of the users anonymous, since, it said, "IP addresses and user names aren't necessary to determine general viewing practices." Google also assured YouTube users that "IP addresses identify a computer, not the person using it. It's not possible (more)