I've always been impressed with the online presence of the Children's BBC crowd, though I think the latest news, that CBBC may be working on a kid-friendly Second Life clone, could be a real resource hog. There are so many more factors that need to be considered when launching a service specifically for minors, such as privacy, parental consent, and moderation. If this goes ahead there could be a few more jobs opening up at the BBC. There's no doubt that many 7-12 year-olds know exactly what Second Life and virtual worlds are all about.
Mashable reports on the Google-MySpace Startpage: MyStartSpace - it's not official but it does look interesting.
Mashable reports that Twentieth Century Fox have started hunting down YouTube users who posted episodes of 24 and The Simpsons on the video-sharing site: "What’s worrying about this is that Fox is going after the uploaders themselves, rather than just issuing a DMCA and getting the clips pulled. Google is known for protecting its users’ details to the greatest extent possible - last year, the company refused to hand user’s search queries over to the Department of Justice. With that in mind, it seems unlikely that they’ll concede. In fact, YouTube’s success seems so heavily based around permitting uploads of copyrighted material (and then quickly seeking deals with the content creators), that legal actions against individual users could cripple its growth."