Brad Pitt News Conference for Japanese Eyes Only
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Representatives of world media organizations keen to hear what Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt had to say about his breakup with Jennifer Aniston were frustrated on Thursday when only their Japanese rivals -- who promised to be polite -- were let into his news conference in Tokyo.
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Brad Pitt sent an e-mail to the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday saying he was unable to attend because of the &quot;imminent arrival&quot; of his new baby.
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In a hastily organized news conference, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun&#39;s Spokesman Kim Jong-min on Thursday told reporters that the Presidential Office will
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October 15, 2004 - Yet another PSP-related interview has appeared over in Japan. This time, the interviewer is Japanese site Impress GameWatch.
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(InfoWorld) - YouTube will start displaying a notice in Japanese on its Web site warning users against uploading copyright content, its two founders told representatives of a broad group of Japanese copyright holders on Tuesday in their firstÂ face-to-face meeting. The Japanese language message was the only concession YouTube offered in the meeting, according to those present. No time frame was given for when the message will appear. The meeting, which ran for about two hours, was held in response to aÂ complaint made in DecemberÂ last year by a group of 23 Japanese TV broadcasters and associations representing copyright holders. The group had also asked YouTube to register the names and addresses of users making uploads and terminate the accounts of those who illegally upload copyrighted content. "The meeting went quite well and it was a very friendly manner," said Satoshi Watanabe, manager of the transmission rights department at the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. JASRAC sent the original complaint on behalf of the other companies and associations and Tuesday's meeting was held at its Tokyo headquarters. "We are very satisfied with the direct negotiation realized and this should be a first step to carrying on... but their reply itself is not satisfactory today so we'd like to solve the issues," he said. YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, Chief Technology Officer Steven Chen and GoogleÂ Vice President of Contents Partnership, David Eun, attended the meeting but didn't offer any comments afterwards and sped away from JASRAQ in waiting taxis. Later, YouTube issued a brief statement that confirmed its commitment to respect copyright and thanked the organizations for the meeting. At the meeting the YouTube founders outlined their plans to develop a system that will be able to automatically scan uploaded video files and identify some that infringe on copyright, but no time frame was given for the launch of the system, representatives of the Japanese group said at a news conference. They also confirmed plans to begin paying uploaders for popular content providing the uploader owns the copyright. If such a service was to begin it would require uploaders to register their real names and addresses with YouTube in order to receive payment and that step would likely mean such users are unlikely to infringe on copyrighted material. The Japanese copyright holders are spooked by YouTube's site because of the large number of Japanese clips and users. The complaint was prompted afterÂ YouTube deleted 30,000 filesÂ judged to infringe on copyright of Japanese organizations and new files quickly found their way onto the site. YouTube is easily the most popular English-language Web site in Japan and one of the most popular overall. According to some estimates a third of all its traffic comes from Japan. The meeting comes days after YouTube found itselfÂ in hot-water with Viacom International, which owns cable channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central. Viacom demanded over 100,000 clips be removed from YouTube because they contained its copyrighted content. Viacom had been talking to YouTube for several months trying to work out a revenue sharing scheme under which it could share profit from the clips but lost patience with YouTube when the talks made little progress. Copyright issues have been buzzing around YouTube ever since it became a household name and kick-started the online video sharing market. Google acquired YouTubeÂ in a $1.65 billion all-stock deal in November last year. With such a high value attached to the site, some suggested it became a bigger target for content providers unhappy at their material being uploaded to YouTube. Google appears to have shared the concern and put aside 12.5 percent of the acquisition amount in an escrow account for one year to "secure certain indemnification obligations." Since the acquisition YouTube and Google have been negotiating with copyright holders. Â
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Just days after announcing his split from Jennifer Aniston   after four and a half years of marriage, Brad Pitt was back in the   public eye.
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Pick a date, any date Packing as many buzzwords as possible into a single news announcement might prove you're "on message" but won't disguise the fact your strategy lags every major player in town.â¦
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Apple has sent select members of the media and others invitations to attend a special event scheduled for September 12 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, Calif.
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Japan's prime minister has begun posting English-language messages on the video-sharing Internet site YouTube in an apparent bid to raise his country's international profile.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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Japan's prime minister has begun posting English-language messages on the video-sharing Internet site YouTube in an apparent bid to raise his country's international profile
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Japan&#39;s imperial family finally had good news yesterday when it announced that the emperor&#39;s only daughter is to marry. The news was greeted with joy in Japan, where many had worried
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LOS ANGELES  - Brad Pitt is attached to  star in "Chad Schmidt," a comedy that blurs the line between  reality and fantasy.
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Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have finally made official what was rumored for months &#151; Hollywood's A-List couple is splitting up.
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Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in India where the actress will begin working in a film, reports say.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Feb.
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