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The “Dancing Baby” Ruling Is Good News For YouTube And Facebook

A federal court declared that Prince’s label should not have issued a takedown letter over a YouTube video featuring one of his songs.

A federal appeals court delivered a blow to the music industry today, ruling that a case brought against Prince and Universal Music Group for misuse of copyright law can move forward to trial. The decision could be a significant one for both YouTube, where the copyright issue originated, as well as Facebook, which was already racking up 4 billion video views per day back in April.

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Hampton Roads

Survey: U.S. gasoline price drops 27 cents over 3 weeks

CAMARILLO, Calif.
The U.S. average price of gasoline dropped 27 cents over the past three weeks, to $2.44 a gallon.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the pump price fell even though crude oil prices gained strength, as gasoline supply outweighed demand.

Detroit News

Metro airfares lofty despite cheaper fuel

Detroit News

O’Connor: Don’t let auto recall drive you to a bad deal

A lot of consumers will be heading back to the dealership, and could make a very expensive mistake when they get there

Detroit News

Companies re-imagining the annual performance review

The traditional evaluation is giving way to more frequent check-ins with employees throughout the year

Detroit News

Lack of fliers tied to higher Metro Airport airfares

Experts say Detroit’s ‘shrinking market’ and fliers’ few alternatives keep costs higher than other airports

Hampton Roads

Note to readers about Sunday delivery of The Pilot

Delivery of your Sunday Virginian-Pilot might be delayed so that we can provide the results of tonight’s ODU-NSU football game.
On TV: Norfolk State at Old Dominion, 7 p.m., WTVZ
Radio: 94.1 FM, 1310 AM

Hampton Roads

Lemongrass Grille coming to Norfolk’s Ghent next year

NORFOLK
Lemongrass Grille, which has developed a following in Chesapeake for its healthy, vegan-friendly and moderately priced Asian menu, will branch out to Norfolk next year.
“You either grow, or you diminish,” Rob Brennan, the owner of Lemongrass, said last week. “The whole idea when I started doing this was that this concept is scalable.”

Detroit News

Big plans revealed for Temple St. near new arena

Fast Company

Google Wallet Pivots–And Turns Into Venmo

The tech giant has introduced a new Google Wallet, minus all the NFC functionality.

Google Wallet, the company’s NFC payment option that competes with Apple Pay and more conventional rivals like Paypal, is getting a facelift. As reported back in March, the tech giant is splitting its NFC payment capability into a new app called Android Pay—which means Google Wallet now looks a lot like Venmo.

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