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An appeal is to be lodged against a High Court order requiring the permanent removal of an internet video clip falsely accusing a student of taxi fare evasion. Mr. Justice Michael Peart granted the order in a case by a 23-year-old DCU student against YouTube, Google, Facebook and several websites over the video and accompanying material wrongly identifying him as a man leaving a taxi without paying the fare. YouTube, Google and Facebook informed the judge on May 29, 2013 they were seeking a stay on his removal order pending an appeal. On May 16, 2013 Mr. Justice Peart had ruled arrangements should be made to remove the material. YouTube and Google was seeking clarification of the judge's ruling before applying to appeal to the Supreme Court. The judge agreed to place a stay on his order until June 2013 when he will hear arguments in relation to a further stay pending appeal. He also agreed to a request from Pauline Walley, for the student, that interim orders against republishing the material would stay in place. Facebook would be seeking a stay on terms similar to those sought by Google and YouTube.

Facebook, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FB) is no longer in talks to acquire Waze Ltd. According to sources, the potential acquisition talks between Facebook and Waze ended due to conflicts over whether or not the Waze team which is predominantly based in Israel would move over to the United States, among other reasons. The representatives of both Facebook and Waze declined to comment to AllThingsD.

Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency in Detroit federal court, saying they appropriated one of the rapper's songs. In the complaint May 20, 2013, Ferndale, Mich.-based Eight Mile Style says a Facebook ad broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem's 2000 song "Under the Influence." The complaint says ad agency Wieden+Kennedy copied Eminem's music "in an effort to curry favor with Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook by catering to Zuckerberg's personal likes and interests, and/or to invoke the same irreverent theme" of the rapper's song.