ROME, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Italian television group Mediaset said Thursday it was suing YouTube for at least 500 million euros (770 million dollars) for carrying videos of its programmes.

Mediaset, owned by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, said in a statement that on June 10 it had counted 4,643 'pirated' programmes on the video-sharing Internet site.

MADRID, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish private television channel Telecinco said Wednesday it had won a lawsuit it filed against YouTube accusing the world's top video-sharing site of violating its intellectual property rights.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - A US judge has ordered Google to expose to Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used YouTube in a decision condemned Thursday by the Internet giant and privacy advocates.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - Google expressed disappointment Thursday at a judge's order to give entertainment giant Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to its popular video-sharing website YouTube.

On Tuesday US District Court Judge Louis Stanton backed Viacom's request for data on which YouTube users watch which videos on the website.

MANILA, May 7, 2008 (AFP) - Medical students in the Philippines have been banned from videotaping surgeries after one student allegedly uploaded a clip of a rectal procedure on the Internet, the education department said Wednesday.

MANILA, April 17, 2008 (AFP) - Staff at a Philippine government hospital are under investigation after a former patient threatened a lawsuit over a YouTube video clip of his rectal surgery, officials said Thursday.

JAKARTA, April 3, 2008 (AFP) - Indonesia will start blocking YouTube at the end of this week if an anti-Islamic film that has sparked protests here is not removed from the file-sharing site, the government said Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - Snippets of an Islam-bashing film by Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders were causing a stir Thursday on YouTube, where they triggered cheers and barbs among thousands of viewers.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - Snippets of an Islam-bashing film by Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders were causing a stir Thursday on YouTube, where they triggered cheers and barbs among thousands of viewers.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2008 (AFP) - YouTube on Friday announced the videos its users voted the best of 2007, with Harry Potter puppets, a mesmerizing baritone and hungry lions playing starring roles in winning works.

'In 2007 the YouTube community showed the world that there's something for everyone on the site,' said YouTube manager of community Mia Quagliarello.