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...Inside the chamber, the GOP did away with the pranks and gimmicks they displayed the last time Obama addressed a joint session. Eschewing paper signs or rude interruptions, they seemed content to pass the time with the sort of cool confidence that accompanies a sense of ascendancy. House minority leader John Boehner, bronzed and cocky, kept making faces and spreading his hands in disbelief at Obama's applause lines. (See Barack Obama's top 10 sound bites...
...services. "That's an area they're very keen on," he says. "If you look at where their gaps are and where the competition is going to come from, it's going to be from social aspects of software or social networking. If you're moving and adding content via iPods and iPhones, software has to enable the editing of it. We have a generational change in wireless usage, an inflection point, and they have to be well-positioned for that...
...heels of the Google vs. China censorship dispute, a new front in the showdown between state power and Internet freedom is opening in Italy. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government is pushing through new measures that would give the state control over online video content and force anyone who regularly uploads videos to obtain a license from the Ministry of Communications. The move is seen as yet another challenge to Google - owner of YouTube - which says the new rules would in effect force Internet service providers to police their own content...
...could affect individual bloggers and the owners of start-up websites that feature video content, though enforcement over such a wide array of people would be incredibly difficult. Like in China, the government's main target is Google, which is in an ongoing battle with Mediaset over copyright revenue for network programming that winds up on YouTube. The new rules would require Internet service providers to remove content the state deems is in violation of copyright law, or face a fine of up to $210,000. "We are concerned over the fact that Internet service providers, like YouTube, that simply...
...Wanted" that provides a platform for independent filmmakers to handle their own marketing and distribution via YouTube without relying on studios. According to the blog post that announced the plan, "They can decide the price of their videos and the rental duration; they can decide when and where their content is available; and they can keep 100% of their rights...