State attorneys general in 23 states are griping that Anheuser-Busch's new broadband channel, Bud.tv, is too accessible to minors.

Former New York State Attorney General (and now Governor) Eliot Spitzer wasn't the only government official gunning for adware purveyor Direct Revenue. It turns out that the federal government also had some issues with the pop-up serving company, which allegedly installed its ad-serving software on people's computers without their informed consent.

The civil liberties group Electronic Frontier Foundation appears to be mulling some sort of legal action against Viacom stemming from its recent demand that YouTube remove 100,000 clips -- including clips with no connection to Viacom -- from the site.

MySpace this week scored its first major victory in a civil lawsuit, when a federal judge in Texas tossed a case brought by the family of a teen, "Julie Doe," who alleged she was sexually abused by someone she met on the site.

To the surprise of no one, blogger Melissa McEwan has also left the John Edwards campaign. Her former colleague, blogger Amanda Marcotte, resigned Monday in the face of pressure from Catholic League president Bill Donohue.

After more than a week of relentless pressure from the right wing, blogger Amanda Marcotte has resigned from John Edwards' presidential campaign.

Google again has found itself in an awkward situation stemming from copyright infringement but, this time, the allegations aren't related to video-sharing site YouTube. Rather, Google apparently sold pay-per-click ads to other Web companies that are accused of inducing consumers to download copyrighted films, according to an article in today's Wall Street Journal.

EMI Group is considering allowing online music stores to sell digital downloads of tracks in its catalog in MP3 format, according to a report in today's Wall Street Journal.The news is coming the same week that Apple Computer chief Steve Jobs made headlines by calling on record companies to allow iTunes to sell tracks without the built-in restrictions that limit users' ability to transfer the music to portable players.

The current crop of Democratic presidential candidates have made it clear they intend to harness the Web this election cycle. They've posted videos on YouTube, conducted online chats and taken out ad campaigns on blogs, among other efforts.

Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Google and MySpace have never closed the $900 million, three-year pact for Google to power searches on MySpace and serve display ads on the site. That article comes on the heels of a post in Techcrunch Friday stating that some executives thought this summer's initial agreement was struck "too hastily" and were pushing for changes in the terms.