YouTube, eBay win ‘Oscars of the Internet’

Posted by Rob Fleming on May 2nd, 2007
2007
May 2

NEW YORK (AFP) — Video sharing website YouTube, the eBay online auction community and rock icon David Bowie were among the winners announced Tuesday of this year’s Webby Awards, the so-called “Oscars of the Internet.”
The awards honor online excellence and are considered the leading international gongs for websites, interactive advertising and online video. [...]

Magazine wins appeal over Douglas-Zeta-Jones photo rights

Posted by Rob Fleming on May 2nd, 2007
2007
May 2

LONDON (AFP) — Celebrity magazine OK! won an appeal Wednesday in a long-running legal battle with rival weekly “Hello” over wedding pictures of Hollywood super-couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The House of Lords, Britain’s highest court of appeal, backed OK!’s right to protect its one million US dollar deal with the couple for exclusive [...]

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