Google agreed to a $125 million settlement with publishers groups over copyright issues. The advertising giant agreed to settle the three-year-old class action lawsuit over book scanning but still maintained that its efforts were comparable to the invention of printing.

McGraw-Hill, Pearson, John Wiley & Sons Inc., and Simon & Schuster, owned by CBS Corp, all filed suits against Google. The suits were filed after Google began its project that allowed users to search the content of thousands of books in 2004. Google worked with organizations such as the universities of California, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Stanford University.

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In an effort to generate more ad revenue, YouTube has said it will begin showing full-length television programs in addition to its shorter video clips.

The Google-owned YouTube will begin with shows from CBS Corporation including "The Young and the Restless," "90210," "Dexter," and "Californication." The online video-sharing site said it is in talks with other media partners as well.

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