Read more Dailymotion stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15258/dailymotion.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 23 May 2012 04:42:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/9758/media-tech-firms-team-up-on-copyright.htmlWesley Oliver<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=37569&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401030926' border='0' />In an unusual truce, eight media and Internet companies are banding together to combat the explosion of copyrighted material posted on the web, the Wall Street Journal reports. The group, led by Disney and Microsoft, has framed a set of guidelines; copyright holders in the group agree not to pursue...Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman smiles as he speaks at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. Media companies Walt Disney Co., Viacom Inc., CBS Corp., NBC Universal and News Corp. joined Internet companies Microsoft Corp., MySpace, Veoh Networks and Dailymotion to issue the guidelines, which would require sites to use filtering technology to block copyrighted clips from being posted without permission. Dauman said Thursday he was surprised when Google's announcement of new filtering technology came out just days before the coalition announced its guidelines. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)http://www.newser.com/story/9758/media-tech-firms-team-up-on-copyright.htmlFri, 19 Oct 2007 10:16:56 CDT