New York - NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Fox News Channel and Fox Television Stations have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Redlasso, an online service that offers clips of news broadcasts and other video and audio content to bloggers for republishing online, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The networks allege that King of Prussia, Penn.-based Redlasso is offering their content without license or authorization, while Redlasso claims that its rebroadcasts of their content constitute "fair use."

The same networks, along with CBS (NYSE: CBS), threatened legal action against Redlasso back in May.

Since then, Redlasso customers including The Huffington Post and Crooks and Liars have stopped using the service.

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