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Judge: RealNetworks' Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft to Stay in San
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o HP,
Starbucks to Offer Custom CD Creation Service in Cafes
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Report: 25% of All Cell Phones Sold in 2004 Will Have Cameras
o EU
Launches $61 Million Program to Clean Up Internet
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o Judge Denies Microsoft Motion to
Move RealNetworks' Antitrust Suit to Seattle Seattle -- The judge
presiding over RealNetworks' $1 billion antitrust suit against rival
Microsoft has denied a Microsoft motion to move the trial to Seattle
from San Jose, California, where RealNetworks lodged its original
claim. U.S. District Court Judge James Ware said that Microsoft
would not be any more inconvenienced if the trial were in California
instead of Washington, even though both companies are based there.
RealNetworks is thought to have filed in California partly because
many of Microsoft's rivals operate in Silicon Valley, and because
some employees of these firms may be called to testify. "We look
forward to presenting our case to a jury in San Jose, where key
third-party witnesses can give important testimony in person," said
RealNetworks spokesman Greg Chimengo. In its suit, RealNetworks
argues that Microsoft used its monopoly standing to influence the
digital media player market in which the two companies compete.
Microsoft has defended its actions, pointing to a healthy and
competitive market in which Microsoft, RealNetworks and Apple's
QuickTime all hold large shares.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040312/tech_microsoft_realnetworks_1.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5172621.html
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o HP, Starbucks
to Offer Custom CD Creation Service in Cafes
Seattle -- PC maker HP announced on Friday that it has partnered
with Starbucks to offer an in-store custom CD creation service,
where patrons may choose tracks from an in-store digital music
library. BusinessWeek.com reports that Starbucks will offer the
service in 2,500 stores, beginning with the launch of the first
"Hear Music Café" in Santa Monica, Calif. next Tuesday. The service
is expected to offer a library of 250,000 songs. Starbucks also
offers wireless Internet access in many of its retail locations.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040312/125118_1.html
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F664254B7
http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/040312/leisure_starbucks_music_1.html
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o Report: 25%
of All Cell Phones Sold in 2004 Will Have Cameras
Norwell, Mass. -- Over 25% of all cell phones sold in 2004 will
be camera phones, as unit sales reach 150 million this year,
according to projections from Massachusetts-based market research
firm InfoTrends Research Group. Camera phone sales are expected to
reach 656 million units in 2008. The firm reports that Japan
accounted for half of the world's camera phone sales in 2003.
"Growth in the camera phone market creates new opportunities for
many industry players, including handset vendors, wireless carriers,
and digital photofinishers," said InfoTrends senior research analyst
Jill Aldort. InfoTrends noted that rapid adoption of camera phones
worldwide will generate an additional 29 billion digital images
captured this year.
http://www.infotrends-rgi.com/home/Press/itPress/2004/3.11.04.html
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o EU Launches
$61 Million Program to Clean Up Internet
Brussels -- The European Commission (EC) announced on Friday that it
has earmarked 50 million euro ($61 million) for a new three-year
program designed to "clean up the Internet." The EC said its main
objective was to improve protection for children and minors, but
added that the program would also address other illegal and/or
harmful content, such as racism, violence and even ubiquitous "spam"
emails. Under the program, the EC will establish hotlines for the
public to report illegal Internet content and encourage
self-regulation to deal with unwanted and harmful content, providing
funding for the development of content-rating and filtering
services. The Commission said it would also inform parents and
teachers' about the tools available to protect children using mobile
and broadband content, online games, peer-to-peer file transfers and
all forms of real-time communications such as chat rooms and instant
messages (IMs).
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H3F2213B7
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o Yahoo Teams
with BT On IM Telephone Service
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Looking for another revenue stream, Yahoo said
on Thursday that it has teamed with U.K. telecommunications group BT
on a new service that will allow users to make phone calls using
Yahoo's instant messenger. Dubbed Yahoo Messenger with BT
Communicator, the new service, which will employ the increasingly
popular Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, is scheduled
to launch later this year. The companies said they will share
revenues evenly from the service, which will be billed to users'
home phone accounts at normal toll-call rates.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?A1DB21FA7
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Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Endeavor Agency, Mythic
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Gordon Bellamy - Executive Dir., The Academy of Interactive Arts &
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Mike Cartabiano - President, Sennari Mobile
Lee Crawford - Editor, IGDA Mobile Games whitepaper
Ron DiNicola - Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Michael
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Keith Ferrazzi - CEO, YaYa Media
Russell Frackman - Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
John Kilcullen - President & Publisher, Billboard Information Group
Brian Robbins - Editor, IGDA Downloadable Games whitepaper
Dan Scherlis - CEO, Etherplay
Mike Skagerlind - SVP & GM,
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o Briefly Noted:
(Washington) The U.S. Copyright Office has released interim
recordkeeping regulations for webcasters, indicating the data they
will need to submit on their playlists in order to properly
compensate artists and copyright holders for music they stream
online. Webcasters will be required to submit between 6-8 pieces of
data for the music they stream over a two-week period during each
calendar quarter. A list of the Copyright Office's recordkeeping
requirements is available at the first link below; another
explanation of the requirements, tailored for webcasters, was
published in Radio and Internet Newsletter, available from the
second link.
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2004/69fr11515.html
http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/031204/index.asp
(Markham, Ontario) Chipmaker ATI Technologies announced on Friday
that it has partnered with Korean wireless network operator SK
Telecom to jointly develop a 3D content service platform. GIGA
(Graphic Instruction Graphic Acceleration) specifications will be
released to cell phone manufacturers and content developers. SK
Telecom is planning to launch a 3D games service in Korea in the
fourth quarter of 2004.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040312/125055_1.html
http://www.ati.com
http://www.sktelecom.com
(Los Angeles) Vivendi Universal Games has signed on to publish Tigon
Studios' "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay," based
on the upcoming movie from Universal Pictures. Tigon was launched by
actor Vin Diesel, who is also starring in the film and will lend his
voice and likeness to the Xbox title. The game is being developed
Sweden-based Starbreeze Studios for a June release alongside the
movie's premiere.
http://www.vugames.com
http://www.o3games.com
http://www.tigonstudios.com
(Carlsbad, Calif.) Sammy Studios, the Japanese video game developer
and majority shareholder in Sega, announced on Friday the release of
its "Seven Samurai 20XX" for PlayStation 2, a game inspired by
legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai."
http://www.sammystudios.com
(New York) Gathering, a publishing label of video game publisher
Take-Two Interactive, announced on Friday that it has shipped the
Xbox version of its title "Mafia" to retailers. The company added
that an English-language version of the game will ship in the U.K.
on March 26, while non-English versions will ship in Europe on April
2. Gathering has already released the PlayStation 2 version of
"Mafia."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040312/125101_1.html
http://www.godgames.com
http://www.mafia-game.com
(San Francisco) Wired News on Friday reported on the current
presidential primaries taking place in Alphaville, the largest
virtual city within Electronic Arts' online game, "The Sims Online."
The race has been narrowed down to two candidates running against
the incumbent, "Mr.-President," who will be whittled to one during a
final primary tomorrow before the general online election is held on
April 10. A main issue for the election seems to be what can be done
to protect "newbies" joining the game from scammers trying to con
them out of "simoleans," the game's virtual currency.
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,62635,00.html
http://www.eagames.com/official/thesims/thesimsonline/us/nai/index.jsp
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