AP Sources: YouTube may offer online movie rentals, following in footsteps of iTunes, Amazon

AP Sources: YouTube may offer online movie rentals

LOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks.

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AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentals, following in footsteps of iTunes, Amazon

AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentals

LOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks.

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Amazon.com lashes out at Google’s digital book settlement, contending it will drive up prices

Amazon.com makes its case against Google book deal

SAN FRANCISCO — Online bookseller Amazon.com Inc. is warning a federal judge that Internet search leader Google Inc. will be able to gouge consumers and stifle competition if it wins court approval to add millions more titles to its already vast digital library.

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YouTube hopes to sell more video makers on the virtues of ads as site strives to make money

YouTube's new sales pitch: join our ad program

SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube hopes to convert more amateur videographers into capitalists as it strives to show more advertising on its Web site and reverse years of uninterrupted losses.

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UK government says internet users who download illegally may have accounts cut off

UK says illegal downloaders may lose Web access

LONDON — People who repeatedly download copyright-protected films and music could have their Internet connection cut off under proposed laws the British government unveiled Tuesday to tackle illegal file-sharing.

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NYC Court: Internet radio service does not require payment of millions in royalties

Online radio service wins ruling over license fees

NEW YORK — Personalized Internet radio stations got a boost Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service was not interactive enough to be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing fees.

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Library tussle: Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon teaming up to oppose Google’s digital book settlement

Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google book deal

SAN FRANCISCO — The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting to resemble a heavyweight brawl in the library.

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Ruling could open China to US entertainment companies, but rampant piracy stands in the way

China trade ruling helps US, but piracy a problem

LOS ANGELES — American companies counting on a favorable trade ruling against China to boost sales of CDs, DVDs, books and video games will need a crackdown on rampant piracy before they can reap big benefits.

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China says it might appeal WTO ruling on movie, music imports, insists trade ‘unimpeded’

China might appeal WTO ruling on film import

BEIJING — China said Thursday it might appeal a major World Trade Organization ruling that told Beijing to ease restrictions on imported movies, music and books in its latest trade dispute with Washington.

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Judge rules against Real Networks, prohibits company from marketing DVD copying software

Judge bars sales of RealNetworks' DVD software

SAN FRANCISCO — DVD copying software sold by RealNetworks Inc. appears to be an illegal pirating tool, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a legal battle that's been closely watched in Hollywood and elsewhere.

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