Alex Reid

YouTube is in legal trouble again (surprise).

20th Century Fox has issued YouTube a subpoena to hand over the information on the (now suspended) user “ECOtotal”, for uploading full versions of recent episodes of The Simpsons and 24. More specifically, Fox is upset that this user had somehow uploaded an episode of 24 in advance of its 14 January premiere on Fox.

“The uploaded material could cause Fox irreparable harm,” Fox Entertainment Group vice-president Jane Sunderland has in her testimony.

Using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Fox was granted the subpoena by the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Napster, the once illegal music sharing giant, has been bought by AOL for their 350,000 subscribers. Having falling under the pressure of lawsuits for illegal file sharing, Napster closed its doors in 2001, only to be re-opened in 2003 by the new parent company, Roxio.

That’s what Sony wants.

They already own 40% of the camcorder market, and at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas they unveiled 16 new camcorders in nearly every format across many different price points, with the new devices costing anywhere from as little as $400 up to $1,800 (CAD).

ICANN has launched their own blog, which it says is part of its effort to address criticism over its openness and transparency.

http://blog.icann.org/

Ironically, the author – whom refers to himself/herself in the first person – of the blog is nameless.

Interesting use of water.