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o Court
Debates Law Designed to Shield Kids from Internet Porn
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Universal Music Europe Digitizes Entire Catalog for Online Sales
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Napster to Launch Music Service in U.K. by Summer
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WorldSpace Corp. to Offer Multinational Satellite Radio
Subscriptions
o Online Ad Firm DoubleClick to
Acquire Marketing Software Firm SmartPath
o Ubisoft Acquires "Shadowbane"
Game Developer Wolfpack Studios
o CNET Networks to Acquire
Wireless Gaming Review
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Briefly Noted: Internet
Streaming Media Alliance - DRM, XM Satellite Radio - weather/traffic
reports, Cinequest - downloadable movies, TextAmerica - camera phone
music video, Independent Games Festival - free game downloads, Buena
Vista Interactive - "TRON 2.0: Killer App," Majesco - "Super
Collapse II," Vivendi Universal Games - "Ground Control II:
Operation Exodus," Mobile Scape, Audible Magic - Washington, South
by Southwest - wireless MP3 playlist distribution
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o Court Debates Law Designed to
Shield Kids from Internet Porn
Washington, D.C. -- The Bush administration's top lawyer is
pushing the Supreme Court to let stand a 1998 law designed to
protect children from Internet porn, but assailed by some as a
violation of free speech. Solicitor General Theodore Olson told the
court that the government has a responsibility to shield children
from porn, since it is "persistent and unavoidable," the AP
reported. For the second time since the bill was originally signed
by President Clinton in 1998, the court is deciding on the legality
of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which has twice been
struck down by a federal appeals court on separate constitutional
grounds. The law would impose criminal penalties on commercial web
sites that fail to make good faith efforts to restrict the access of
sexual content to children under the age of 17. The ACLU, however,
argues that such a law would inevitably block the access of adults,
as well, making it unconstitutional.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?X29642A97
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o Universal
Music Europe Digitizes Entire Catalog for Online Sales
London -- The world's largest record label, Universal Music, said
on Wednesday that its European unit has digitized its entire catalog
of music, and will market the songs for sale by online retailers.
The 300,000-song library will initially be available through
U.K.-based digital music distributor OD2, which services online
retailers including HMV and Microsoft's MSN. The songs will also
become available on European versions of Apple's iTunes and Napster,
when these services launch in the region.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040303/media_universal_1.html
http://www.od2.com
http://www.umusic.com
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o Napster to
Launch Music Service in U.K. by Summer
London -- Music download retailer Napster announced on Wednesday
that it plans to launch a service for U.K. music buyers by the end
of this summer. The news means that Napster will not beat out rival
Apple, which plans to launch its iTunes Music Store in Europe
sometime during the second quarter. Napster said its U.K. unit --
which can be reached at napster.co.uk when it is launched -- will
feature localized content, genres and promotions. However, the
company declined to give details on pricing. The decision to move
into the U.K., the third-largest music market outside the U.S. and
Japan, comes as part of Napster's country-by-country strategy for
Europe, and the London office ultimately will serve as headquarters
for its European operations, Napster said.
http://www.napster.com
http://www.silicon.com/networks/webwatch/0,39024667,39118859,00.htm
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o WorldSpace
Corp. to Offer Multinational Satellite Radio Subscriptions
Washington -- WorldSpace Corporation, developer of a multinational
satellite radio delivery service, announced on Wednesday that it
will begin selling receiver equipment and $9.99 monthly
subscriptions for its service in mid-April. The company, which has
been broadcasting since 1999, said that its initial marketing push
will be towards American and British expatriates living in Europe,
Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Radio programming includes shows
produced by Fox News, National Public Radio (NPR), Bloomberg, the
BBC and Virgin Radio UK. Washington-based WorldSpace also noted that
it produces four of the channels available on the U.S.-based XM
Satellite Radio service.
http://www.worldspace.com
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o Online Ad
Firm DoubleClick to Acquire Marketing Software Firm SmartPath
Research Triangle Park, N.C. -- DoubleClick, a New York-based
provider of online marketing technologies, has agreed to acquire
SmartPath, a venture capital-backed provider of marketing support
software based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Financial terms of
the deal were not disclosed. DoubleClick said that the acquisition
will allow it to provide planning and operational solutions, in
addition to its existing offerings in channel execution,
data/analytics and optimization. SmartPath's software supports the
management of traditional marketing channels, such as print and
television, and is expected to strengthen DoubleClick's position in
vertical markets, such as pharmaceuticals and financial services.
http://www.smartpathinc.com/company_pr_20040302.asp
http://www.doubleclick.com
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o Ubisoft
Acquires "Shadowbane" Game Developer Wolfpack Studios
San Francisco -- Video game developer and publisher Ubisoft
announced that it has acquired Austin-based developer Wolfpack
Studios, creator of the "Shadowbane" massively multiplayer online PC
game. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The
company will remain headquartered in Austin. San Francisco-based
Ubisoft currently hosts "Shadowbane" from its servers at Ubi.com.
"The acquisition of Wolfpack takes our strategy in the [multiplayer
game] segment one step further as it strengthens our internal
expertise and it will allow us to develop quality content under our
own brands, which we feel is critical to succeed in the long run,"
said Ubi.com managing director Gilles Langourieux.
http://www.ubi.com/US/Articles/news_2004-03-02_wolfpack.htm
http://www.wolfpackstudios.com
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o CNET Networks
to Acquire Wireless Gaming Review
San Francisco -- Technology publisher CNET Networks announced on
Wednesday that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire WGR
Media, publisher of the Wireless Gaming Review website, and related
assets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Established in 2001, Cambridge, Mass.-based Wireless Gaming Review
offers coverage of the mobile games market. The company's
co-founders will be relocated to San Francisco, where WGR content
will be integrated with CNET's GameSpot.com video game destination.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040303/35393_1.html
http://www.cnet.com
http://www.wgamer.com
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o Briefly Noted:
(Mountain View, Calif.) The Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA),
a trade group developing open technology standards for the streaming
of content over the Internet, on Wednesday announced its first
digital rights management specification. The ISMA Encryption and
Authentication Specification v.1.0 is the alliance's first content
protection specification for secure Internet content delivery, and
prescribes interoperability between encoders, streaming servers and
players that comply with open, standards-based technologies. ISMA
backers include Apple, AOL, IBM, Philips and Sony.
http://www.isma.tv/resources/techspecs
(Washington) XM Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite-delivered
digital audio programming, announced the launch of traffic and
weather reports for the nation's 21 largest markets. The services
launched on Feb. 28 in D.C. and this week in cities including New
York and Los Angeles. Rival Sirius Satellite Radio announced similar
plans to launch weather and traffic reports in 20 U.S. markets last
week.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040301/lam050a_1.html
http://www.xmradio.com
(San Jose, Calif.) Cinequest, organizers of a Northern California
film festival of the same name, announced on Wednesday the launch of
a feature-length, DVD-quality online movie distribution service.
Cinequest Online will launch in conjunction with this year's
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, using delivery technology from
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Kontiki. The service will initially offer a
selection of films and trailers from the festival, along with video
coverage of the festival itself.
http://www.cinequest.org
(San Diego) TextAmerica, a provider of software that allows users to
post photos taken with their camera phones on a "moblog," on
Wednesday posted a music video for the band XFYA that was shot
entirely using a Nokia 3650 camera phone. The video is available for
free and is streamed using Apple's QuickTime software.
http://ghettron.textamerica.com/?r=455355
(San Francisco) The Independent Games Festival, part of publisher
CMP Game Group's Game Developers Conference, announced on Wednesday
that the finalist games are now being offered for free download at
dlx.gamespot.com. The festival's awards ceremony in March will award
cash prizes totaling $40,000.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090171/index.html
http://dlx.gamespot.com
(Burbank, Calif.) Video game publisher Buena Vista Interactive, a
unit of Disney, said on Wednesday that it will release "TRON 2.0:
Killer App" for Microsoft Xbox in the fall of 2004. Developed by Los
Angeles-based Climax Group, the console version of the PC title
based on the classic Disney sci-fi film will feature a number of
online gaming elements enabled through the Xbox Live service.
http://www.climaxgroup.com
http://www.tronkillerapp.com
(Edison, N.J.) Game developer Majesco said on Wednesday that it will
publish a version of the popular PC game "Super Collapse II" for
Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld in March. Seattle-based
GameHouse, a division of RealNetworks, will develop the handheld
version; Majesco said that the PC version has been downloaded by
over 15 million users.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040303/35095_1.html
http://www.gamehouse.com
(Los Angeles) Vivendi Universal Games on Wednesday announced it is
taking applications for a beta test of multiplayer capabilities of
its upcoming PC title, "Ground Control II: Operation Exodus."
Developed by Sweden-based Massive Entertainment, the title is due
for release in July; the beta test will begin on March 8.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040303/law031_1.html
http://www.massive.se
http://www.groundcontrol2.com
(Los Angeles) Mobile Scape AG, a German publisher of mobile
entertainment content, announced on Wednesday the establishment of
U.S. operations in Los Angeles. The company named Cathy Tische as
senior vice president of sales and marketing for Mobile Scope Inc.,
responsible for all sales and marketing activities in North America.
http://www.mobilescape.com
(San Francisco) CNET News.com on Wednesday profiled Los Gatos,
Calif.-based Audible Magic, a company that claims to have software
that can be used to filter and block copyrighted music traded on
peer-to-peer file-sharing services like Kazaa. The company has in
recent weeks met with lawmakers -- aided by the recording industry's
Washington connections -- to demonstrate its software, which is
already being used by music publisher SESAC to identify songs played
on the radio for royalty reporting. Meanwhile, Kazaa and other
file-sharing services have insisted that it would be impossible or
infeasible to install filtering software on their networks.
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5168505.html
http://www.audiblemagic.com
(San Francisco) Wired News on Wednesday reported on a wireless music
promotion being offered by this year's South by Southwest music
festival in conjunction with 30 restaurants and coffee shops in
Austin that offer free wireless Internet access. Around 600 bands
playing at the festival in March have made a song available for free
download; these songs will be available to anyone using Apple's
iTunes software who visits one of the 30 locations. "If someone
launches iTunes, these 600 songs will pop up in their iTunes," Scott
Wilcox, chief technical adviser for SXSW, told Wired News. "Because
we have their audio in-house, we're able to -- with the appropriate
permission -- make these tracks available for free as part of the
promotion for playing South by Southwest."
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62504,00.html
http://www.sxsw.com/music/showcases/pages/Wed.html
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