San Francisco - After receiving threats of criminal charges from South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster over its alleged refusal to block prostitution and graphic pornographic ads on the site, Craigslist yesterday sued McMaster, seeking declaratory relief and a restraining order against the charges. [more..]

Sacramento, Calif. - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision that struck down the state's law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors. [more..]

New York - Google's YouTube has been ordered by a federal court to pay U.S. songwriters represented by ASCAP $1.61 million in royalties, as well as $70,000 per year going forward, for the music played on the video site, Techdirt reported. [more..]

Seattle - Amazon.com has filed a number of patent infringement claims against Discovery Communications, which itself sued Amazon two months ago for allegedly infringing on its own e-book-related patents. [more..]

Stockholm, Sweden - The major record labels have asked a Swedish court to levy additional fines against file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, which despite losing a landmark court case that provided fines and jail time to its operators, continues to operate unabated, TorrentFreak reports. [more..]

Waltham, Mass. - Forty-four years after its founding in the Boston area, Greylock Partners, one of the oldest venture capital firms in the U.S., announced that it is relocating its headquarters, including administrative and back office functions, to Silicon Valley. [more..]

Los Angeles - A trio of former MySpace executives has landed $10 million in venture capital for an as-yet-unnamed new venture, from investors including August Capital and Redpoint Ventures, TechCrunch reported. [more..]

Alexandria, Va. - TechCrunch, GigaOM and Engadget are the top technology blogs, according to a new survey of nearly 250 technology PR professionals by PRSourceCode. [more..]

Arlington, Va. - The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) said that it has partnered with job search engine StartUpHire to collect data on venture-backed job openings in the U.S. [more..]

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Washington - The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will test the nation's readiness for the digital TV transition tomorrow, temporarily broadcasting an informational message to consumers whose sets still need to be upgraded to digital. [more..]

Duluth, Minn. - Accused file-swapper Jammie Thomas has new legal representation, after the attorney who represented her against the recording industry said he was out $130,000 in fees and not looking to add to that with a retrial, the blog Recording Industry vs. The People reported. [more..]

Woodland Hills, Calif. - Music Reports, a provider of music rights administration services, said on Wednesday that it has started accounting to more than 12,000 music publishing administrators representing over 50,000 individual music publishers, on behalf of its digital music service clients. [more..]

Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental service Netflix has partnered with Microsoft to bring its streaming movie service to the Windows Media Center platform. [more..]

Los Angeles - Film studio Legendary Pictures has launched a new digital unit to develop original programming as well as digital content based on its movies, Variety reports. [more..]