Redlasso is proving that a digital media startup can survive (and perhaps even thrive) even after being sued by a group of big media companies. Lawsuits from NBC and Fox shut the online video news clipping service down in mid-2008; Redlasso settled, then sealed a deal with Fox to get…

Online video search and clipping service RedLasso just got a lifeline from Fox: it sealed a deal to carry video clips from the network’s owned-and-operated local TV stations, which registered users will be able to embed into their blogs. It’s an about-face for Fox, which, along with *CBS* and NBCU,…

So the lawsuit has had the desired effect: RedLasso, the controversial online video clip and sharing service, is suspending its open service for now. “It has no alternative but to suspend blogger access to its video search and clipping Beta site for the immediate future. The company will continue to…

The TV networks have finally lost patience and have filed a lawsuit against the controversial online video clipping service RedLasso, accusing it of copyright infringement. The suit, filed by NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), Fox News Network and Fox Television Stations in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleges RedLasso hasn’t…

It looks like RedLasso, the fast growing video embedding service, is ready to play a game of high-stakes brinksmanship with the networks. Last week CBS (NYSE: CBS), NBC and Fox demanded that the company stop making their content embeddable without their permission. RedLasso’s response: It will continue to make its…

Last November, we wrote about the $6.5 million funding of RedLasso, a video sharing platform for professional content, which promised control and revenue sharing for content creators. RedLasso embeds have become rather prevalent on blogs lately, and peHUB (sub req’d) recently reported that it was close to raising a new…