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• Before Universal Music Group announced a deal to give YouTube users the right to incorporate works from its catalog in the material they upload, its CEO Doug Morris accused YouTube, MySpace and others of owing tens of millions of dollars in copyright damages. (Though the Google acquisition has gotten YouTube off the hook, the same can't be said for defendants Grouper and Bolt.)
• Some who have sued YouTube for infringement have indicated they intend to challenge its eligibility for the DMCA's safe harbor on the ground YouTube is not a service provider within the meaning of the Act.
• EFF's Fred von Lohmann discusses the DMCA and YouTube.
• Lawyer "Ron from DC's" YouTube video looks at the Tur v. YouTube case.
• TechCrunch turned out to be right that Warner Music Group's deal with YouTube was a sign of things to come.
• Creative Commons: symptom or solution?
• Will music sales on MySpace alter the music licensing landscape?
• The Napster litigation grinds on, though Vivendi Universal Music agreed to buy BMG Music Publishing in settlement of claims related to Bertelsman's financing of Napster.
• The Recording Industry vs. The People blog is a terrific resource for news and information on the RIAA's lawsuits against individuals.
• Spiral Frog: gamechanger or sideshow entertainment?
• Hank Barry's The Future Of Digital Media interview on Corante.
• Apple's iTV: gamechanger or sideshow entertainment?
• Special thanks to the Editor of Blawg Review for putting us in touch with UK musician Nigel Clutterbuck, and to Nigel himself who created and performs the TWiL theme music — a.k.a. "Endorphins On My Mind."

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