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Mar 10 2009 8:58am EDT

First Bytes: YouTube, Broadband, Newspapers

YouTube is pulling the plug on U.K. music videos after they failed to negotiate licensing fees for the artists and record companies with England's Performing Right Society (PRS for Music). Don't worry: Queen Elizabeth's official YouTube channel won't be affected. [CNet News]

Why is everyone else's broadband access faster than the U.S.'s? Think more urban density and less poverty divide. [Bits]

Instead of trying to put up firewalls like so many of its competitors, the Guardian in the U.K. is letting it all out for free -- but they still have control over their ads. [Techcrunch]

Now there's a government website, "Rethinking Drinking," that will let you know if you're an alcoholic. Wonder what will be next? [Wall Street Journal]


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