Around the Web 7.15.08: HDTV price cuts, sold-out iPhones and EBay counterfeit rulings

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-- YouTube reaches a deal to make the user data it’s forced to hand over to Viacom anonymous. PaidContent

-- A French court tells EBay that it needs to police its auction site for counterfeit goods, then a U.S. court says the opposite. What’s a global Internet company to do? WSJ

-- Price cuts are coming on high-definition TVs. Gizmodo and HD Guru

-- Myspace in prison: Death row inmates’ websites upset victims’ families. LAT

-- The software bots used to help players advance more quickly in World of Warcraft infringe on the game maker’s copyrights, a judge ruled. CNet

-- Microsoft says its latest buyout offer was much better than Yahoo made it out to be. LAT

-- The jousting between Yahoo, Microsoft and Carl Icahn is top of mind at the mogul-packed Allen & Co. conference. After the latest offer, sentiment began to swing toward Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang. NYT

-- The iPhone 3G is sold out in 21 states. Fortune

-- Chris Gaither