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. Videos return to website after deal with trade body. Musicians protest about plans to punish file sharersThousands of music videos pulled from YouTube in a royalties dispute will go back online after peace broke out todaybetween the website and the music industry.A new licensing deal with PRS for Music, the trade body that collects music royalties, has brought the six-month dispute to an end.It began when YouTube accused the PRS of proposing exorbitant new payment terms and led to the website fending off criticism from the PRS, which felt it was punishing British music fans by removing videos in the quest for greater profits.Thousands of music videos are now being reinstated after being blocked from the site by YouTube's parent company Google during the licensing wrangle.But while this conflict has been resolved, another dispute has erupted over the digital future of the music industry.A rift has opened between music's creators and its record labels, with a broad alliance of musician

Apple is reportedly preparing to allow iphone owners to download ringtones through iTunes, according to CNET News. Music industry sources claim the company has established deals for the necessary distribution rights. Although customers already can create their own, the new service will offer an alternative to the DIY process.

Internet retailer calls Google's deal to digitise books 'dangerous' as momentum builds for opposition movementThe movement opposing Google's $125m deal for the rights to digitise millions of books has gained even more momentum, after Amazon called the agreement 'dangerous'.The internet retailer, which has its own project to scan in books, said in an American court filing that Google's deal with US publishers and authors represented a dangerous precedent that could damage innovation and hinder copyright law.'The proposed settlement usurps the role of Congress in legislating solutions to the complex issues raised by the interplay between new technologies and the nation's copyright laws,' the company said in a 41-page document lodged with a US federal court in New York.The controversy surrounds the proposed settlement between Google and the Association of American Publishers and the Authors' Guild, the terms of which would see Google get the rights to digitise millions of books still unde

The $1.9 billion deal values Skype, the Internet calling service, at $2.75 billion, higher than many analysts had expected.

The Yahoo photo-sharing site has changed policies so that a takedown of an allegedly copyright-infringing image is more reversible.

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Online retailer scans books after getting permission from copyright holders; says court should reject settlement between search giant, Authors Guild

This would be a natural progression for YouTube, a company that has for the past year attempted to become a hub for feature films, but no deals are done yet.

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A flurry of court filings opposing and supporting the class-action settlement is expected Friday '” the deadline for most briefs in the case concerning the deal beteen Google and U.S. authors and publishers.