E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of November 17, 2008

President-Elect Barack Obama will use YouTube for his weekly Presidential Address but may have to give up his Blackberry.

"Google won preliminary approval of a settlement of copyright lawsuits by publishers and authors in which it will pay $125 million to resolve claims over the company's book-scanning project."

Internet dating site eHarmony has settled a New Jersey man's complaint that the site unlawfully discriminates by refusing to offer same-sex matches.  Under the settlement, eHarmony will begin offering same-sex matches by March 31, 2009, give the first 10,000 same-sex registrants a free six month subscription, and will pay $55,000 ($50,000 to the state for administrative costs and $5,000 to the complainant).

E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.