YouTube Will Rent Paramount Flix Despite Lawsuit

Grabbing a share of the movie rental market seems to supersede legal entanglements -- at least for now. YouTube, the world's largest online video site, on Wednesday announced a partnership with Paramount Pictures that will let YouTube do online rentals of nearly 500 Paramount films, including "The Godfather" and "Hugo." The agreement comes amid an ongoing legal dispute between YouTube, a unit of Google (

), and Viacom (

), which owns