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o Danish P2P Site The Honest Thief Revealed As Hoax Publicity Stunt
o RIAA, Digital Media Association Submit Joint Web Music Royalty Proposal
o Microsoft to Equip 177 Landmark Theaters Screens With Digital Cinema
o Digital Music Distributor DMX Music Gets $10 Million from Liberty Media
o Amazon.com Licenses Google's Search, Sponsored Links Technologies
o Liberty Media Looks to Purchase Stake in Hotel VOD Firm On Command
o Liquid Audio Sees Departure of CEO, President and Board Member
o WildTangent Launches Online Game Titles for Nike, Fox Sports, FX Networks
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o Danish P2P Site The Honest Thief Revealed As Hoax Publicity Stunt
Arnhem, the Netherlands -- The Honest Thief, a Dutch peer-to-peer
file-sharing service that purported to be taking advantage of a recent
Dutch court ruling in favor of the legality of file-sharing services, has
been revealed by its creator to be a hoax and publicity stunt for his book
of the same name. Pieter Plass, founder of Internet services firm PGR and
president of construction company CBB, revealed the hoax that duped his PR
firm, press release distributor Business Wire, and publications including
The Wall Street Journal, CNET News.com, Wired News and Digital Media Wire,
on April Fool's Day. "The Honest Thief" is also the title of Plass' book
on management strategies. "Our goal was first and foremost to get some
attention for our book: The Honest Thief," Plass wrote in a note on
TheHonestThief.com. "Secondly we wanted to confront the public with the
practice of honest stealing: the tools that everybody uses to have
success." "That's not the way PR is done in this country," Steven Phenix,
senior director of PR agency Alliant Group, told Wired News. "I have a
long list of people I have to apologize to."
http://www.thehonestthief.com
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58319,00.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1024-995396.html?tag=fd_top
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o RIAA, Digital Media Association Submit Joint Web Music Royalty Proposal
Washington -- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a
group representing major record labels, and the Digital Media Association,
which represents a group of webcasters, on Thursday submitted a proposal
on industry-wide royalties that Internet radio services would pay to
recording companies for use of their music in 2003 and 2004. Digital Media
Association executive director Jonathan Potter called the agreement "a
temporary band-aid that avoids millions of dollars of legal fees
associated with a broken arbitration process, and thereby enables
resources to be focused on high-quality programming that is enjoyed by
millions of listeners." Additionally, Potter sided with lawmakers' efforts
to reform the widely-criticized CARP (Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel)
process which set the rates that currently apply for Web music royalties.
http://www.digmedia.org/jointproposal.html
http://www.digmedia.org/Final%20DiMA%20Statement%204-3-2003.pdf
http://www.riaa.org
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o Microsoft to Equip 177 Landmark Theaters Screens With Digital Cinema
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has partnered
with independent movie theater owner Landmark Theaters to equip 177
screens, covering all 53 Landmark locations, with digital cinema playback
systems. The system will use -based Digital Cinema Solutions' hardware and
will be based on Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series digital video
technology. Microsoft said it expects the digital cinema upgrades to be
completed by the end of 2003. "Landmark Theatres' commitment to specialty
film and its established leadership in the independent exhibition space
offers Microsoft the perfect opportunity to demonstrate its ongoing
commitment to the independent film community," said Dave Fester, general
manager of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030403/sfth027_1.html
http://www.landmarktheatres.com
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o Digital Music Distributor DMX Music Gets $10 Million from Liberty Media
Los Angeles -- DMX Music, a provider of digital music programming via
satellite, digital cable, aircraft and the Internet, announced on Thursday
that it has received a $10 million investment from parent company Liberty
Media. The company will use the financing to further build its
infrastructure and for working and growth capital to continue its
expansion. Los Angeles-based DMX Music distributes its digital music and
video programming services worldwide to more than 10 million homes,
180,000 businesses and 30 airlines.
http://www.libertymedia.com
http://www.dmxmusic.com
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o Amazon.com Licenses Google's Search, Sponsored Links Technologies
Seattle -- Online retailer Amazon.com announced on Thursday a multi-year
licensing agreement with search engine firm Google that will make Google's
search technology and targeted sponsored links available on Amazon.com.
Sponsored links are now available on a selection of Amazon.com pages;
search functionality and an expanded range of sponsored links pages will
become available in the next several months. Mountain View, Calif.-based
Google competes with Pasadena-based Overture Services in the market for
pay-for-performance Web ads, which Google calls "sponsored links."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030403/35223_1.html
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o Liberty Media Looks to Purchase Stake in Hotel VOD Firm On Command
Denver -- On Command, a provider of in-room entertainment technologies
like video-on-demand to the hotel and cruise ship industries, announced on
Thursday that media giant Liberty Media has expressed interest in buying
all outstanding shares in the company. Under the proposed deal, On Command
stockholders would receive 0.0787 of a share of Liberty Media stock for
each share of On Command they own. Denver-based On Command said it has
established a committee of independent directors to consider the proposal,
and will engage independent legal counsel and financial advisors.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030402/law093_1.html
http://www.oncommand.com
http://www.libertymedia
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o Liquid Audio Sees Departure of CEO, President and Board Member
Redwood City, Calif. -- Liquid Audio, once a provider of digital music
distribution services, announced on Thursday the departures of its
president, CEO and one of its directors. The company said CEO Raymond Doig
and president and CFO Stephen Imbler will resign effective April 15, 2003,
and that venture capitalist Ann Winblad has resigned from the company's
board effective immediately. Redwood City, Calif.-based Liquid Audio sold
its intellectual property to Microsoft for $7 million last September, and
in December its board agreed on a plan to dissolve the company and
distribute its remaining cash to shareholders.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030402/sfw088_1.html
http://www.liquidaudio.com
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o WildTangent Launches Online Game Titles for Nike, Fox Sports, FX Networks
Redmond, Wash. -- WildTangent, an online game publisher and provider of
online game technology, announced on Thursday that it has created new
games for websites operated by Nike, Fox Sports and FX Networks. For Nike,
WildTangent developed "Magia," a three-on-three online soccer game
featuring real-life soccer stars and online tournaments that will be
offered for free at NikeFootball.com. Redmond, Wash.-based WildTangent
also announced the release of FoxSports.com's "Hit the Pros 2003," the
latest version of its game that lets batters swing at real pitches from
major league pitchers, as analyzed from in-game cameras on the field.
Finally, for FX Networks WildTangent created an online game to promote its
upcoming series, "Lucky," as well as a video game-style presentation for
the network to show prospective advertisers as part of the TV industry's
traditional "upfront" presentation. "Today's announcements demonstrate
that online games are truly an effective and immersive advertising medium
with unlimited potential to uniquely connect brand marketers to millions
of consumers worldwide," said WildTangent CEO Alex St. John.
http://www.wildtangent.com
http://www.nikefootball.com
http://www.hitthepros.com
http://www.fxnetworks.com
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Briefly Noted:
(Marina del Rey, Calif.) CinemaNow, provider of an online video-on-demand
service and video-on-demand delivery technologies, announced on Thursday
that Twentieth Century Fox has licensed films for purchase and download
through its service. Films including "Daredevil," "One Hour Photo," "Phone
Booth" and "X-Men 2" will be offered during the traditional pay-per-view
window through CinemaNow, for 24 hours of viewing, at $3.99 for new
releases and $2.99 for library titles. Marina del Rey, Calif.-based
CinemaNow, a unit of Lion's Gate Films, also has licensing agreements
with.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030403/35171_1.html
http://www.cinemanow.com
http://www.fox.com
(New York) LodgeNet, a provider of broadband interactive TV services to
hoteliers, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with travel
industry technology provider Worldspan to develop and distribute a
real-time, searchable flight tracking service for U.S. hotel guest rooms.
South Dakota-based LodgeNet estimates that 7 million hotel guests each
month will be able to use the system to find real-time information on any
scheduled commercial flight within the U.S.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030402/cgw055_1.html
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(New York) U.K.-based video game developer Codemasters announced on
Thursday that it has secured the video game publishing rights to the TV
series "American Idol" from Fremantle Media and 19 Entertainment. Titles
developed will feature the judges from the show -- Simon Cowell, Randy
Jackson and Paula Abdul -- but not actual contestants. Codemasters said
Bristol-based developer Hothouse Creations will create versions of the
game for PlayStation 2 and the PC for release in the fall.
http://www.codemasters.com
http://hothousecreations.com
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Game developer THQ announced on Thursday the
release of "Disney Princess" for Game Boy Advance. The game features
princess characters from Disney animated films, including "Cinderella,"
"The Little Mermaid," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Sleeping
Beauty," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030403/35230_1.html
http://www.thq.com
http://www.disneyinteractive.com
(London) Controversial Arab TV news channel al-Jazeera announced that it
will now offer mobile news text alerts in both Arabic and English in 130
countries, Reuters reported. Hackers have targeted the both the network's
Arabic and new English-language websites since the network was condemned
for showing footage of dead and captured U.S. and British soldiers.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2495386
http://mobile.aljazeera.net
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