Web radio stations set for 'Day of Silence' protest

(Reuters) - The 'Day of Silence' is being organized by SaveNetRadio
Coalition, whose 14,000 members include: Yahoo Inc.,
Viacom Inc , and RealNetworks Inc..




SaveNetRadio said the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board's March
decision to boost royalty rates will kill the fledgling
industry, if goes into effect on July 15. It is hoping the 'Day
of Silence' will help raise public awareness of the issue.


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Google's YouTube in $1bn lawsuit

MTV owner Viacom said on Tuesday it has sued YouTube and its corporate parent Google in federal court for alleged copyright infringement and is seeking more than $1bn in damages.
Viacom claims that the more than 160 000 unauthorised video clips from its cable networks, which also include Comedy Central, VH1 and Nickelodeon, have been available on the popular video-sharing website.

The lawsuit marks a sharp escalation of long-simmering tensions between Viacom and YouTube. Last month Viacom demanded that YouTube remove more than 100 000 unauthorised clips after several months of talks between the companies broke down.

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Google belted over copyright

The global software giant Microsoft hit out at Google over copyright in a newspaper column on Tuesday, accusing the search-engine giant of riding roughshod over intellectual rights in a rush to grab content.

Google "appears to be trying wherever possible to skirt copyright law's boundaries", Tom Rubin, a top adviser on intellectual property law for Microsoft, alleged in the Financial Times.


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