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AP Technology NewsBrief at 11:22 p.m. EDT
(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logsNEW YORK (AP) _ Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are more heavily watched than amateur clips.
Terra gets Olympic Internet rightsMEXICO CITY (AP) _ Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America. Terra says its Olympic Games site will go live Aug. 1. It will include 13 different channels where users can choose whatever event they want to see 24 hours a day.
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videosDOVER, N.Y. (AP) _ Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said. The two 17-year-olds from Mahopac, about 30 miles south of Oniontown, suffered head and face injuries.
Internet addressing agency loses its own addressesNEW YORK (AP) _ This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said it happened when an Internet registration company it oversees got fooled into transferring the domain names to someone else.
Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgsTAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs _ to identify criminals using text messages. Police hope the idea helps recruit teens and 20-somethings who wouldn't normally dial a Crime Stoppers hot line to share information with authorities.
Study says many dial-up users don't want broadbandNEW YORK (AP) _ A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access. The findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project challenge the argument that broadband providers need to more aggressively roll out supply to meet demand.
EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online licensingBRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, is close to finishing an antitrust investigation into how royalties are collected. The outcome might help large music retailers like Apple Inc.'s iTunes sell from one store across Europe, rather than different stores with different products in each of the 27 EU nations.
Adobe to make searching easier on Flash sitesNEW YORK (AP) _ Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format. Adobe Systems Inc., the format's developer, has released a customized version of its Flash Player software that allows Google Inc.'s search engine and others to see the elements of Web pages embedded with Flash content the same way a human would.
Case dropped against parents who put baby on eBayMEMMINGEN, Germany (AP) _ A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro _ $1.59 _ as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday. "The child has been returned to his parents," prosecutor Johannes Kreuzpointer told The Associated Press.
Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bidSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. The latest twist in Microsoft's convoluted courtship caused Yahoo's shares to rise more than 3 percent in Wednesday's sinking stock market, even though the chances of a deal getting done still seemed remote.
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