Aug. 11: Viacom-YouTube; EU-Apple; Facebook-AOL?; Google-DirecTV; Que-RIP

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San Francisco - Viacom has filed official notice that it will appeal its $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google's YouTube, after a lower court found that YouTube is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users uploading unauthorized videos. [more..]
New York - The European Commission has joined the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) probe into Apple's policies on third-party mobile software developers, the New York Post reports, citing sources. [more..]
New York - AOL and online social network Facebook are in discussions about a possible advertising partnership, the New York Post reported on Wednesday.
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Los Angeles - A federal court has ordered LiveUniverse, a network of websites run by MySpace co-founder Brad Greenspan, to cease operating four sites offering unlicensed song lyrics. [more..]
New York - Satellite TV provider DirecTV on Tuesday announced an advertising partnership with Google, whereby Google will sell ads on several cable networks carried on the service, which counts 18.7 million subscribers. [more..]
Seattle - Amazon.com is looking into expanding beyond its Kindle e-book reader and developing other consumer electronics devices, The New York Times reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the company's plans. [more..]
Mountain View, Calif. - After several launch delays, Plastic Logic has announced the cancellation of the release of its Que e-book reader device, citing a market that has "dramatically changed" since the device was first demonstrated in 2007. [more..]
Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo has announced that its Wii video game console has not sold 30 million units in the U.S. since its debut in November 2006.
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DMW Notice Board

New York Games Conference - September 21, 2010 - New York, NY
Keynote Speakers for this year's event will be Tal Kerret, Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Partnerships for Oberon Media, Alex St. John, President & CTO of hi5, and Steven Chiang President, Studios for Zynga, who will be having a 1-on-1 interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors. All event updates, including an up-to-date agenda, can be found online. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information.
Register now for the Economy Rate of only $499 until August 27!

Digital Music Forum, West - October 6-7, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA
We are happy to announce Chris Tsakalakis, General Manager of Ebay Tickets/StubHub, and Rick Alden, Founder & CEO of Skullcandy, as Keynote Speakers for the conference! The first round of speakers for this years conference have also been released. An updated agenda and speaker list can be found online. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information.
Register now for the Economy rate of $499 until August 27!

Digital Media Conference, West - October 27, 2010 - San Francisco, CA
Join us as we bring some of the nation's top industry leaders back to the city by the bay! All event updates and registration forms can be found online! We are currently accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information.
Register now for the Economy rate of $399 until August 27th.

Briefly Noted

San Francisco - Twitter is set to release its own official "Tweet Button," as a means of providing website visitors with a quick way of tweeting articles they find, Mashable reports. [more..]
Tokyo - Apple will offer Japanese customers who purchased an iPod nano that experienced an issue with overheating a replacement device, Reuters reported. [more..]
Cambridge, Mass. - Brightcove, a provider of cloud-based online video distribution services, announced on Wednesday that it has ditched Limelight Networks in favor of Akamai for content delivery network services. [more..]
Ridgefield Park, N.J. - Samsung on Wednesday announced a contest that will award $500,000 in prizes to U.S. developers who create applications for IPTVs, Blu-ray players and Blu-ray home theater systems. [more..]

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