Mountain View, Calif. - Google has introduced the beta version of a long-awaited copyright protection system on its YouTube video site, which will automatically identify clips of content for which full copies have been submitted by copyright holders. [more..]

Duluth, Minn. - Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman ordered by a jury to pay $220,000 in damages for sharing 24 songs on a file-sharing network, on Monday asked the judge in the case to set aside the verdict. [more..]

Los Angeles - Apple is planning to add a number of independent label catalogs to the offering at its iTunes Plus store, which offers DRM-free music tracks, and lower the cost of all tracks sold at the store from $1.29 to 99 cents, Ars Technica reported, citing "people familiar with the matter." [more..]

New York - Online social network Facebook has reached a deal with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over child safety concerns, that includes no financial penalties but compels Facebook to take quicker action when complaints are made, and allow an independent examiner to monitor its efforts. [more..]

West Hollywood, Calif. - IAC/InterActiveCorp.'s Ticketmaster has won an injunction against a company that created computer programs allowing ticket brokers and other clients to circumvent protection systems on Ticketmaster.com, and purchase bulk quantities of tickets to later resell at higher prices to consumers. [more..]

Cincinnati, Ohio - Media conglomerate The E.W. Scripps Company, which owns a range of newspapers, radio stations, TV and cable networks, and websites, announced on Tuesday a plan to split into two public companies -- one for its national lifestyle media brands, and the other for its local media franchises. [more..]

Dothan, Ala. - Movie Gallery, the nation's second-largest movie rental chain behind Blockbuster, announced on Tuesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and will close some of its stores as part of a reorganization plan. [more..]

New York - An investor group that holds a 9.4% stake in struggling video game publisher Atari has voiced its displeasure with parent company Infogrames' recent decision to replace several board members as part of a restructuring plan. [more..]

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s MySpace online social network announced on Tuesday a new licensing agreement with major record label Sony BMG, that will allow MySpace's 70 million U.S. monthly users to watch streaming music videos and access select audio material and other content from Sony BMG artists. [more..]

Hauppauge, N.Y. - Audiovox, a supplier and value-added service provider to the consumer electronics industry, on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to acquire Thomson's U.S., Canada, China and Hong Kong consumer electronics audio video business. [more..]

San Francisco - Needing additional time to gain stockholder approval, HandHeld Entertainment said on Tuesday that it has extended by 31 days the closing date of its acquisition of eBaum's World. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - YuMe, a provider of online video advertising services, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $9 million in its second round of venture capital financing. [more..]

Los Angeles - Mobinex, a developer of virtual communications technology, announced on Tuesday that its fix8 division has raised $3 million in its first round of financing from Vickers Financial Group. [more..]

Guy Kawasaki blogs about his experience with using Twitter, the social networking and microblogging service utilising instant messaging, SMS or a web interface. [more..]

Los Angeles - Film studio 20th Century Fox plans to release a special edition DVD of "Live Free or Die Hard" that includes a copy that can be played on a computer and certain Windows-based portable media players, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [more..]

Los Angeles - Napster on Tuesday launched a new version of its digital music subscription service that does not require the download of special client software, and instead lets users access their music from any computer via a Web-based interface. [more..]

San Jose, Calif. - The BBC said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Adobe Systems to make its free "catch-up" TV service, the BBC iPlayer, available as a streaming service by the end of the year. [more..]

Tokyo - Sony has partnered with KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile network operator, on a new mobile music service that lets users transfer songs from their handsets to other portable music players. [more..]

Washington - Washingtonpost.com said on Tuesday that it has launched a new shopping section, featuring local listings of new and used products and a national price comparison search powered by Become.com. [more..]