Los Angeles - A woman sued for file-sharing copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a class action lawsuit against the RIAA and other parties on a range of charges, seeking damages for herself and anyone else sued by the record label trade group, according to a post on the Recording Industry vs. The People. [more..]

Sydney, Australia - The home of a Sydney man was raided by Australian police on Friday in connection with a copy of "The Simpsons Movie" that was leaked onto the Internet, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - NBC has teamed with the major cable and satellite TV providers to make the pilot episodes for its upcoming fall TV shows available for preview on their video-on-demand systems, Variety reported. [more..]

Washington - The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), a DC-based trade association representing the software and content industry, said that it has reached a $300,000 agreement to settle copyright infringement claims against Silicon Valley-based market research firm Knowledge Networks. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Google this week announced a deal with film financiers Media Rights Capital ("Babel," "Sleuth"), to produce original Web content that will be distributed as free, ad-supported streams through Google's AdSense network. [more..]

Oslo, Norway - FAST, a Norway-based provider of search technologies, announced this week that it will lay off 148 employees, as part of a restructuring the company says will reduce operating expenses by $12 million per quarter. [more..]

Natick, Mass. - SecureMedia, a provider of copy-protection software for delivery of video-on-demand, IPTV, music and other content over broadband networks, announced on Friday its acquisition by Cavalier Telephone and TV, a provider of bundled voice, data and digital TV services. [more..]

Newport Beach, Calif. - Video game developer and publisher Foundation 9 Entertainment announced on Friday that it will acquire U.K.-based developer Sumo Digital. [more..]

Boston - nTAG, a provider of management technology for the meetings and events industry, has raised $8.4 million in its second round of venture capital, led by Pilot House and Sevin Rosen. [more..]

San Francisco - Zivity, a social network for models, photographers and "fans of female pin-up photography," announced on Friday that it has raised $1 million in its first round of venture capital financing, from private investors. [more..]

Scott Karp interviews Arianna Huffington from The Huffington Post about the site's new feature that allows top commenters to become bloggers. [more..]

Guy Kawasaki demonstrates Photobucket's Facebook app for his weekly piece. [more..]

New York - Digital independent music retailer eMusic said this week that it has now sold more than 150 million downloads. [more..]

Los Angeles - Verizon Wireless said on Friday that it partnered with CBS Mobile and Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA to stream live footage 24-7 from the set of the reality TV series "Big Brother 8" to cell phones. [more..]

McLean, Va. - USAToday.com said that its site traffic in July increased 20% from the prior year and 24% from June. [more..]

Morristown, N.J. - Access Integrated Technologies, a provider of digital cinema projection systems for movie theaters, said this week that Allen Theaters has tapped the company to convert 87 of its screens in 14 locations to digital cinema. [more..]