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Google and YouTube remain separate

Friday, January 26th, 2007

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Google and YouTube remain separate

Google says its YouTube viral video-sharing site, acquired last year for $1.65 billion in stock, will remain an independent subsidiary of Google and continue to operate separately.

Most of the user-generated and premium, licensed content from the likes of CBS for example, will be hosted on YouTube, the company says. YouTube, meanwhile, will benefit from future Google Video innovations, including video search, monetization and distribution. (more…)

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Brazilian judge reverses YouTube ban

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

A Brazilian judge reversed course Tuesday and lifted an order that led to a ban of YouTube across much of the country because a sexy video of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend kept circulating against the boyfriend’s wishes.

Sao Paulo state Supreme Court Justice Enio Santarelli Zuliani asked telecommunications companies and Internet providers across Latin America’s largest nation to stop blocking the popular video-sharing site immediately. He also wanted to know why the companies can’t simply prevent the video from being seen without pulling the plug on the entire site. (more…)

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YouTube ordered to block video in Brazil

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

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A Brazilian judge has ordered YouTube to find a way to stop Brazilians from viewing steamy footage of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend on the highly trafficked video-sharing site, court officials said Thursday.

YouTube was first ordered in September to remove video showing Cicarelli and Brazilian banker Renato Malzoni in intimate scenes along a beach near the Spanish city of Cadiz.

But the clip still appears periodically on YouTube, prompting the expanded order from Sao Paulo state Supreme Court Justice Enio Santarelli Zuliani on Tuesday, the court’s press office said in a statement.

Two Brazilian sites that ran the video of Cicarelli and Malzoni complied with the original order, the statement said. (more…)

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