3 posts and columns on depositions

Viacom, YouTube Make Their Case: Read Their Secret Papers Here

in Media on March 18, 2010 at 10:15 am PT

And we’re off! Court filings in the YouTube-Viacom suit were just unsealed and we can finally read them for ourselves. Settle in–this will take a while.

Is the YouTube Case Finally Ready to Start Moving Again?

in Media on January 7, 2010 at 1:11 pm PT

Nearly three years after Viacom sued Google over copyright infringement, the case may finally be ready to start moving again. Both sides have asked a federal court for summary judgment, which means there’s an opportunity for the legal system to actually make a decision in what could be a landmark case.

To Kai-Fu Lee, Thanks for Everything

in News on September 9, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

Kai-Fu Lee’s uneventful departure from Google to start a Beijing incubator really belies the spectacle that attended the beginning of his tenure at the search giant. Lee’s train-hopping from Microsoft to Google back in 2005 touched off a five-month pitched battle marked by all manner of inanities and expletive-laden outbursts.
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