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o Kazaa
Australian Offices, Executives' Homes Raided in Copyright
Investigation
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Electronic Arts, Marvel Team on New Superhero Game Franchise
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Report: Online Teen Girls Spend More on Music Than Boys
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America Online, Apple Computer Launch Live Video Chat
o Roxio
Wins Napster Domain Name from U.K. Treasury Solicitor
o Mobile Games Firm Dwango Names
CEO, Acquires Ringtone Provider
o Home Media Center Maker Video
Without Boundaries Raises $1.1 Million
> DMW Announcements:
--DMW Events - Digital
Music Forum -Confirmed Speakers
--Digital Media Law Report > Featured
Advertisement:
--PricewaterhouseCoopers'
Entertainment and Media Outlook
--Artisan Quality Handbags and Jewelry
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Briefly Noted: RealNetworks -
media player hack, Island Def Jam Music Group - digital release
bonus materials, Verizon Wireless - 2004 NBA All-Star Game, Xbox
Japan - "dakimakura" hugging pillow promotion
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--Director of Sales - Saddle Brook, NJ
--Senior Account Supervisor - Public Relations - Washington, DC
--Sales Executive
--Senior Media Manager
--Premier Consulting for B2Bi, SCM and eCommerce
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o Kazaa Australian Offices,
Executives' Homes Raided in Copyright Investigation Sydney -- The
offices and homes of executives at file-sharing firms Sharman
Networks (Kazaa) and Brilliant Digital Entertainment (Altnet) were
raided by Australian music industry officials Friday morning in part
of an ongoing copyright infringement investigation, ZDNet Australia
reported. Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI), an Australian
record industry trade group, obtained a special order from the court
that allows copyright holders to enter premises and conduct a search
and seizure of any copyright-infringing materials. In addition to
the offices and homes of Sharman CEO Nikki Hemming, Brilliant
Digital CEO Kevin Burmeister and Sharman director of technology Phil
Morle, the raid also encompassed several Australian universities and
four Internet service providers. "This is not about individuals;
this is about the big fish," MIPI general manager Michael Speck told
ZDNet Australia. "This is a signal that Internet music piracy is
finished in Australia." Sharman and Brilliant Digital will come
before Australian federal court Justice Murray Wilcox and record
industry lawyers on Tuesday. "This action appears to be an
extraordinary waste of time, money and resources going over legal
ground that has been well and truly covered in the U.S. and Dutch
Courts over the past 18 months," said Sharman Networks in a
statement.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39116016,00.htm
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/288585/fromItemId/340639
http://www.aria.com.au/news.htm
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o Electronic
Arts, Marvel Team on New Superhero Game Franchise
Redwood City, Calif. -- Video game developer Electronic Arts
announced on Friday that it has partnered with comic book publisher
Marvel to create a new series of fighting game titles that will pit
Marvel superheroes against an original cast of "EA heroes." While
Electronic Arts will receive a license to include Marvel characters
like Spider-Man and the X-Men in the game, the company has granted
Marvel exclusive rights for all consumer products and media
licensing for the new EA heroes, and will publish new comic books
introducing the EA characters. Redwood City, Calif.-based Electronic
Arts said that games for multiple platforms are currently in
development at its EAC studio in British Columbia. The company told
Reuters that the first title is scheduled for release in late 2005.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040206/65082_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040206/media_electronicarts_marvel_1.html
http://www.ea.com
http://www.marvel.com
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o Report:
Online Teen Girls Spend More on Music Than Boys
New York -- American teenage girls who use the Internet spend 15%
more of their money purchasing music than do boys, according to data
from a survey from Jupiter Research. Nearly half of online teen
girls spend more than $100 a year on music. Girls are also bigger
digital music users overall, and top boys in all categories except
for downloading and burning CDs. "Besides their spending, another
thing that makes teen girls particularly attractive is their
reliance on the Internet to gather music-related information," said
Juliana Deeks, a research associate analyst with Jupiter. "Nearly
one-half read about musicians or bands online." The survey included
1,800 online teens, aged 13 to 17.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040205/55254_1.html
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America Online, Apple Computer Launch Live Video Chat
Cupertino, Calif.. -- Nearly six months after receiving federal
approval, America Online on Thursday said that it will begin
offering live video chat throughout its instant messaging service.
The service is fully compatible to Apple's iChat video conferencing
technology, expanding on a 2-year-old instant messaging partnership
between the two companies. For the first time, it will allow users
to conduct live video instant messaging conversations. Other new
features allow users to invite "buddies" to play online games
through their IM connection and to link up and manage multiple
screen names from the same session. AOL said that its AIM service is
used by more than 50 million people each month.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W17462057
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o Roxio Wins Napster Domain Name
from U.K. Treasury Solicitor
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Roxio, the company that recently acquired
music service Napster, has won a victory against the U.K. Treasury
Solicitor for the rights to the napster.co.uk domain name. The case
has been a long time in the making: In 1999, so-called
cyber-squatters hoping to take advantage of Napster brand-name
recognition registered the name. In 2001, Napster went bankrupt, and
in 2003, the name was transferred to the Treasury Solicitor, which
deals with assets for which ownership has lapsed. U.K. registry
Nominet ruled on Friday that the Treasury Solicitor's possession of
the name was "abusive" and ordered it transferred to Roxio.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U25352257
http://www.roxio.com
http://www.napster.co.uk
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o Mobile Games
Firm Dwango Names CEO, Acquires Ringtone Provider
Seattle -- Dwango North America Corp., a developer and publisher of
wireless entertainment content, announced on Friday that it has
named Rick J. Hennessey as president and CEO. The company also said
that chief financial officer Jacques Faust and chief operating
officer Conrad Hametner are leaving the company. Hennessey has
served as president of the company's Dwango Wireless unit since July
2003. The company also announced that it has acquired Hennessey's
ringtone company, Over the Air Wireless; financial details of that
transaction were not disclosed. Finally, Dwango said it will
relocate its corporate functions from Houston, Texas to Seattle,
Wash.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040206/65306_1.html
http://www.dwango.com
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o Home Media
Center Maker Video Without Boundaries Raises $1.1 Million
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Video Without Boundaries Inc. (VWB), a
developer of interactive home entertainment devices, has raised $1.1
million in a private placement from Geneva, Switzerland-based
Margaux Investment Management Group. Margaux said that it will use
the new funds to expand and develop ongoing projects, including a
new joint software development project with Lung Hwa Electronics for
the Taiwan Educational System.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040205/phth019_1.html
http://www.vwbinc.com
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> DMW Events:
4th
Annual
Digital Music Forum
March 1, 2004 | New York City
www.digitalmusicforum.com
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Chris Amenita - SVP,
ASCAP
Amy
Bernstein - Senior Editor, Business 2.0
Derek Broes - EVP, Worldwide Operations,
Altnet
David Card - VP &
Research Director,
Jupiter Research
Scott Cohen - Co-Founder & President,
The Orchard Global Media
Ted
Cohen - SVP, Digital Development & Distribution,
EMI Music
Peter Csathy
- COO, MusicMatch
David Del
Beccaro - President & CEO,
Music Choice
Maureen Dorney - Partner,
Gray Cary
Roy Elkins - CEO &
Founder, Broadjam
Mark Frieser - CEO &
Founder, Consect
Brian Garrity - Senior
Editor, Billboard Magazine
Laura Goldberg - COO, Napster
Jim Griffin - CEO,
Cherry Lane Digital
Ellie Hirschhorn - GM &
EVP, MusicNet
Jeff Howe - Contributing
Editor, Wired Magazine
Scott
Kauffman
- President & CEO, MusicNow (formerly
FullAudio)
John Kilcullen -
President & Publisher, Billboard
Magazine
David Kusek - VP, Berklee
Media, Berklee College of Music
Steven Marks - SVP, Legal and Business
Affairs, RIAA
Tim Nilson - VP, Mobile
Technology, Sony Music
Jonathan Potter -
Executive Director, Digital Media
Association
Ty
Roberts - CTO, Gracenote
Sean Ryan - VP, Music
Services, Real Networks
Ned Sherman - CEO &
Founder, Digital Media Wire
Howie Singer - Chief
Technology Officer, Warner Music
Group
Steve Schnur
- Worldwide Executive of Music & Audio,
Electronic Arts
Perry
Solomon - Founder & VP, Strategy, Peppercoin
Bob Struble - President &
CEO, Ibiquity Digital
Nikke Slight - SVP, New
Media, Atlantic Records
Don Teague - VP, Sales & Marketing,
PaymentOne
Nada Usina -
GM,
Entertainment & Media Business,
Nokia America
Jim Van Huysse -
Executive Director & GM, The AOL
Radio@ Network
Jon Vlassopulos - Sr. Dir., Bus. Dev.,
AT&T Wireless Mobile Multimedia
more to come......
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
This year's forum focuses on the following questions:
- Is there a viable business model for selling music online?
- Can licensed services compete with free downloads from
file-sharing networks?
- Who will be the winners and the losers in the world of online
music sales?
- What is the status of pending lawsuits and legislation
concerning digital copyrights? Can the music industry profit
from legitimate uses of P2P?
- How are consumers reacting to new formats for music delivery?
- Will new formats generate the kind of success that the industry
experienced with CDs during the '80s and '90s?
- What are the challenges and opportunities for music industry
executives seeking to maximize the potential of the mobile
market?
- What does the future hold for satellite and Internet radio?
For complete agenda and event details, please go to:
www.digitalmusicforum.com
REGISTRATION
Pre-Registration: $295 (until February 20)
Registration: $395 (after February 20)
Online :
http://kb.digitalmediawire.com/register.php?eventid=1056
Phone: 323-464-0793
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o Briefly Noted: (London)
U.K.-based security software firm Next-Generation Security Software
(NGSS) announced this week that it has uncovered flaws in
RealNetworks' media player that could allow hackers to take over PCs
by using specially engineered music or video files. Earlier this
week, RealNetworks admitted that three flaws affecting different
versions of its media player could open the door to attackers. By
forcing a browser to a Web site containing such a corrupt music or
video file, "code could be executed on the target machine running in
the context of the logged-on user," NGSS said in a statement.
http://www.nextgenss.com/news.html
(New York) The Island Def Jam Music Group, part of Universal
Music Group, and hip-hop label Roc-A-Fella said on Friday that they
will begin adding bonus materials to paid downloads from its
artists. For the first such promotion, those who purchase the
digital version of Kayne West's album "The College Dropout" from
Napster or BuyMusic.com will receive an email containing a unique
code that unlocks the free content at KayneWest.com. Bonus features
include video from recording sessions and a live version of a track
from the album.
http://www.islanddefjam.com
http://www.kaynewest.com
(New York) Wireless network operator Verizon Wireless announced
that it will offer a range of text-message based features for the
NBA's 2004 All-Star Game. "NBA All-Star TXT Play" will offer fans
wireless MVP voting, trivia questions and a fan poll. The promotion
will also highlight game developer Jamdat Mobile's recently released
"NBA 2004" title.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040205/nyth025_1.html
http://www.nba.com
(San Francisco) Wired News on Friday reported on Microsoft's
latest effort to boost sluggish Xbox sales in Japan, where the
company has yet to sell over 500,000 units and the only games
proving popular are its "Dead or Alive" titles that feature
scantily-clad, anime-style female characters. For the release of
"Dead or Alive Online," Microsoft will offer a special edition that
includes a "dakimakura" -- a Japanese life-sized "hugging pillow"
that features a front-and-back print of a female character from the
game. "I guess they're supposed to be used ... as pillows to hug, of
course ... and for other obscene purposes that I would rather not
mention," Kunio Muto, a technology reporter for the Nihon Keizai
Shimbun, told Wired News.
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,62176,00.html
http://www.tecmogames.com/games/doax.asp
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We are seeking an accomplished product/services technology sales
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> Senior Account Supervisor - Public Relations - Washington, DC
Edelman seeks a Supervisor with expertise in policy issues and a
practice concentration in the high tech industry. The Supervisor
will be responsible for agency-wide account profitability, new
business solicitation, quality of account service and employee
development. Superior communication skills needed to counsel
clients' on PR and marketing issues. Min.7 yrs exp. and some
agency exp. required. Visit
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to melissa.judis@edelman.com
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> Sales Executive
We are seeking a technology services sales executive. We are a
small, growing, profitable company expanding our Washington DC
Metro operations. Our clients are leading blue chip concerns and
our track record as a top performer is recognized throughout the
area. We seek someone who understands how to seek IT project
opportunities and how to secure IT staff supplementation
engagements. 5 Years of Exp. with top clients is required. Send
resumes to
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> Senior Media Manager
Our client, a leading database marketer, is searching for a
Senior Media Manager with a strong Direct Marketing background.
All candidates should have a strong history of planning and
strategizing on the development of media plans for Direct
Marketing programs. This is a very analytical position. All
candidates must have client services and agency experience. Send
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> Survey Aims to Provide Insight into New Media and Sport
e-Newsletter Sport and Technology is conducting a survey that will
provide a valuable insight into the key issues surrounding how new
media can be utilised to give a financial return to sports
properties and businesses. Sport and Technology is very keen to
obtain the views of key individuals in the sports industry on this
subject and therefore invites Digital Media Wire subscribers to
participate in the survey that can be completed online at
http://www.sportandtechnology.com/survey.php or returned
by fax.
The survey results will be made available to Digital Media Wire
subscribers.
The survey deadline is Thursday, February 12, 2004 and Sport and
Technology would like to thank everyone in advance for their
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