Hollywood Docket: YouTube reigns in Spain; Beckham vs. In Touch; Facebook settlement figure?

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Hollywood Docket: YouTube reigns in Spain; Beckham vs. In Touch; Facebook settlement figure?

Fri Sep 24, 2010 @ 09:03AM PST
  • A Spanish court has ruled that YouTube wasn't liable for hosting copyrighted television clips on the video-sharing service. The decision follows a similar one in New York in June. Google still faces appeals in those cases as well as other lawsuits in other European countries. [NYT]
  • The FCC has brushed back fears from broadcasters and agreed to allow tech companies to use unused TV airwaves for high-speed wireless broadband networks and applications. [NYT]
  • LA Galaxy player David Beckham is suing In Touch magazine for defaming him over claims the UK soccer star had a threesome with an escort. [Fox]
  • Does "The Social Network" get one major detail wrong about Facebook? Business Insider says the settlement figure that Facebook paid to shut up two Harvard grads who claimed Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea wasn't $65 million but rather about $120 million. [BI]
  • Lindsay Lohan is in court again today. Live stream here.

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