Eight charged in theft of"Star Wars"movie (Reuters)Reuters - Federal officials (Web promotion)

Eight charged in theft of"Star Wars"movie (Reuters)Reuters - Federal officials (Web promotion)

Eight charged in theft of"Star Wars"movie (Reuters)
Reuters - Federal officials on Tuesdaycharged eight people with several crimes related to the illegaltheft, copying and Internet distribution of hit movie,"StarWars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith."

BitTorrent gets$8.75M from venture-capital firm (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - BitTorrent, developer of one of the most popular software programs for acquiring free video and other large files on the Internet, has raised$8.75 million from a venture-capital firm. BitTorrent says it will use the funds to improve its infrastructure and make it more appealing to Hollywood.

Mediation Begins in Music Copyright Trial (AP)

AP - Four music giants and their local subsidiaries have entered mediation with Baidu.com, China's largest Internet search engine, over the recording companies' claims of copyright infringement.

D.C.'Blade'Launches Gay News Web Portal (Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - BladeWire culls news items of interest to the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) community and packages them in a wire service format. Window Media, the parent company of the D.C.-based gay weekly, is offering BladeWire free to other Web sites.

Did you say dogging or blogging? Brits confused (Reuters)
Reuters - Proponents of the latest Web trends werewarned on Tuesday that the rest of the world may not have aclue what they are talking about.

TomTom in routefinder deal with AOL's Mapquest (Reuters)
Reuters - Dutch navigation systems companyTomTom will launch a routefinder device for cars together withmapping web site Mapquest, the two firms said on Tuesday.

Online Ad Revenue Reaches Record Level (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Marketers seen shifting more of their total advertising budgets to online.