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German GEMA in talks with YouTube on video dispute

German music authors' society GEMA said on Thursday it was in talks with Google Inc's YouTube to resolve a dispute over royalty payments and the conditions under which music videos are made available online.

YouTube in Sony content deal, sees more

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Google Inc's YouTube said on Thursday it has reached a deal to post Sony Corp films and TV shows and was talking with other big studios to ramp up content and attract more advertising dollars.
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YouTube clinches deal with studios

Google Inc's YouTube video-sharing site has signed content deals with several Hollywood studios, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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YouTube and Universal to launch premium music site

Google's YouTube and Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, said on Thursday they will launch a premium music video website as they bid to increase revenue from YouTube's huge usage.
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YouTube to launch music site with Universal

Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, said on Thursday they will launch a premium music video website as they bid to increase revenue from YouTube's huge usage.
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Disney cautious on restricting online content

Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger expressed caution over the US cable industry’s move to restrict online viewing of television shows to cable subscribers, saying that the limits could provoke backlash from consumers.
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Facebook, YouTube make better employees: study

Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.
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Unafraid China apparently fears YouTube

China is not afraid of the Internet, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, even as access to the popular video sharing site YouTube was apparently blocked.
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YouTube to block music videos for UK users

Google Inc's online video site, YouTube, said on Monday it will block all music videos to British users after it was unable to reach a rights deal with the main songwriters' collection society.
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YouTube unveils first symphony orchestra

California surgeon Calvin Lee has barely picked up his violin for 15 years but on Monday he was named a member of the first YouTube Symphony Orchestra and next month he plays at Carnegie Hall with the group.
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Finns urged to check Web, curb guns after rampages

Finnish authorities should monitor the Internet more effectively and tighten licensing of firearms to prevent more gun massacres in schools, a government commission said on Thursday. The inquiry was set up after 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen shot 8 people and himself in November 2007 in Jokela high school near Helsinki. Less than a year later, Matti Saari, 22, killed 10 people and himself at a vo...
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Hollywood struggles to find wealth on the Web

After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings.
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Intel sees Atom sales up 50 percent

Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, expects to sell at least 50 percent more of its Atom chips for netbooks and other mobile Internet devices this year than it did last year, the head of that unit said.
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Hong Kong woman's airport hysterics an online hit

HONG KONG - A Chinese woman who freaked out at Hong Kong's international airport after missing her flight has hit the big time on YouTube after her hysterics were filmed and uploaded to the video sharing website. The middle-aged woman was seen charging at a security guard at the departure gate, before screaming aieyyahhhhh, at the top of her lungs in a rant that lasts about three minutes. ...

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