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Briefs: A&P Sues Brothers Over Produce-Licking Vid, Metacafe on Skype, YouTube to Pay Musicians
A quick look at some of today's top online video headlines:
AP via FoxNews: A&P claims a video by Mark and Matthew D'Avella motivated at least one "disgusted and distressed" customer to boycott the supermarket because of the video's "repulsive acts."
Bloomberg via San Jose Mercury News: Google will remove videos depicting Nazi and anti-Semitic propaganda from its YouTube site in Germany after complaints from activist groups.
Clickz: Streaming video fans are by and large over-35 news junkies who tolerate in-stream ads in short bursts.
Guardian: In a new deal between the music industry and the Web site, more than 50,000 musicians will now get paid when their tracks are used as backing music for clips on YouTube.
Press Release: Blinkx has announced a content agreement with Vuguru, Michael Eisner's independent new media studio. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will host and distribute the sequel to the successful Web drama, Prom Queen which debuted in April, and will share revenue with Vuguru based on number of views.
Press Release: Following new partnerships with vid-sharing sites Dailymotion and Metacafe, Skype now lets users download their favorite videos from these sites and add them into their Skype 'mood'.