The NY Times features an inside look at Google's race to stay ahead in search.
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The Viacom – YouTube Lawsuit
Text of the lawsuit here. Interesting comments from IP Democracy (noting that Viacom relies on the same laws as YouTube for two video sites it owns), Paul Kedrosky (describing it as the continuing triumph of hidebound copyright law over marketing), and Eric Goldman (on the likelihood of a settlement). Update: […]
MSFT on Google
There is lots of buzz about today's Microsoft speech challenging Google's respect for copyright. Danny Sullivan does a terrific job of dissecting the Microsoft claims.
The Law of Search Engines
As part of a visit to the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law (where I'm teaching a course on Internet governance; media coverage here for those that read Hebrew), I participated yesterday in a terrific conference on the law of search engines. While there was predictably considerable discussion on all […]
Google Offers Free Journal Digitization
Peter Suber reports that Google is offering publishers free digitization of their journal back issues. While there are some strings unsurprisingly attached, it appears to be an ideal method for journals to digitize and make available years of content currently confined to paper versions.






