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June 30,
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o U.S.
Justice Dept. Raids Internet Piracy Sites in 11 Countries
o RIAA
Sues Another 784 Suspected Internet Song-Swappers
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Report: Microsoft Pondering Acquisition of Adware Firm Claria
o EU Considering Pan-European
Music Licensing Scheme
o Gates: Microsoft May License
Xbox Software to Third Parties
o
Verizon Plans Full-Track Mobile Music Download Service
o Developer PopCap Games
Acquires Sprout Games
o Note
to Readers: Independence Day Holiday
o
Briefly Noted: Slingbox, KCRW -
podcast boost, Muze, Mastiff - "Top Gun," Bandai - "Gundam vs. Zeta
Gundam," Left Behind Games, O-3 Entertainment, BitTorrent's Bram
Cohen - copyright lawsuit?
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--Technical Account Manager (TAM)
--Account Executives, Integration Software & Solution Sales -
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o U.S. Justice Dept. Raids Internet
Piracy Sites in 11 Countries
Washington -- The U.S. Justice Dept. announced on Thursday that
it has launched "Operation Site Down," conducting some 90 searches
in 11 countries and arresting several people suspected of running
Internet piracy sites where users could download movies, music and
software for free. The government said its actions targeted "warez"
piracy groups including RiSCISO, Myth, TDA, LND, Goodfellaz,
Hoodlum, Vengeance, Centropy, Wasted Time, Paranoid, Corrupt, Gamerz,
AdmitONE, Hellbound, KGS, BBX, KHG, NOX, NFR, CDZ, TUN and BHP --
resulting in seizure of hundreds of computers and the shut down of
at least eight major file-sharing servers. The Justice Dept.
estimated the sites offered movies, software and other content
valued at over $50 million, including the recently released Star
Wars film. "Our objective in this operation was to find and
dismantle large-scale criminal enterprises that illegally obtain,
copy, distribute, and trade in copyrighted software, music, movies,
and video games," said U.S. Atty. General Alberto Gonzales.
http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2005/063005operationsitedown.htm
http://tinyurl.com/dn538
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o RIAA Sues
Another 784 Suspected Internet Song-Swappers
Washington -- Just days after a Supreme Court victory over the
makers of file-sharing software, the Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) announced that it has filed a new round of
lawsuits against 784 individual suspected Internet song-swappers.
The "John Doe" lawsuits were filed against users of file-sharing
networks including Grokster, LimeWire and Kazaa. "On Monday, the
Supreme Court provided a real shot in the arm to legitimate online
music services and unanimously injected moral clarity into this
debate," said RIAA chairman and CEO Mitch Bainwol. "If there was any
doubt left, there should now be none -- individuals who download
music without permission are breaking the law. Our efforts to defend
the rights of record labels, musicians, songwriters and others in
the music community from theft will certainly continue and likely be
strengthened in the weeks and months ahead." The RIAA has now filed
in the neighborhood of 8,000 lawsuits against suspected
file-swappers, the vast majority of whom end up settling the
litigation and paying the RIAA an average of $3,000 each.
http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/062905.asp
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o Report:
Microsoft Pondering Acquisition of Adware Firm Claria
New York -- Microsoft has been in talks over the last two weeks
to purchase Claria, a provider of adware that has been sued by
publishers in the past over its pop-up ads, The New York Times
reported. Microsoft was reportedly willing to offer as much as $500
million for Claria (formerly Gator), although a person close to
Microsoft told The Times that the deal may still fall through.
Microsoft may see Claria, which offers software that monitors Web
surfing habits in order to serve more relevant ads to users, as a
means of enhancing its search advertising capabilities in the face
of rival Google. Claria's BehaviorLink software is currently
installed on some 40 million PCs. Critics of the deal within
Microsoft say the purchase could provoke a negative reaction from
privacy advocates, who see Claria's software as intrusive.
http://tech.nytimes.com/2005/06/30/technology/30soft.html
http://www.claria.com
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o EU
Considering Pan-European Music Licensing Scheme
Brussels -- The European Union will next month launch an
initiative to make it easier to license music for online delivery
across its 25 member countries, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing
a source close to the situation. A study commissioned by the EU and
seen by the source favors a pan-European license for music --
instead of the maze of individual licenses from each country that
are currently required -- in addition to a single license for
commercial uses of music. A multitude of licenses are currently
needed in order to launch digital music services like iTunes in each
EU member nation. "The single European license for online music use
requires the Commission to rethink existing models for copyright
licensing," the source told Reuters. A formal proposal on the EU
music licensing scheme is expected to come in the fall.
http://tinyurl.com/a5tkk
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o Gates:
Microsoft May License Xbox Software to Third Parties
Tokyo -- Microsoft chairman Bill Gates "hinted" that the company
may license the software powering its Xbox video game console to
third parties in a bid to expand its video game market share, the
Associated Press reported. Gates did not specify if the software
would be licensed to companies making game consoles, or for other
consumer electronics that would enable gaming. Microsoft Japan
spokesman Kazushi Okabe confirmed Gates' comments for AP. Microsoft
plans to release its next-generation video game console, the Xbox
360, later this year.
http://tinyurl.com/do5vb
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o Verizon Plans
Full-Track Mobile Music Download Service
Los Angeles -- Verizon Wireless president and CEO Denny Strigl
told a conference this week that his company is planning to launch a
mobile music download service within the next six to eight months,
NewsFactor reported. Verizon spokesman Jeffrey Nelson confirmed
Strigl's comments: "We intend and are working toward the launch of a
service that would allow for full music on a mobile phone," Nelson
told NewsFactor. Verizon plans to begin offering a phone capable of
receiving full-track music downloads in the next couple of months,
although the planned download service will not be ready for launch
until some time later.
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=36914
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o Developer
PopCap Games Acquires Sprout Games
Seattle -- Video game developer PopCap Games announced on
Thursday that it has acquired fellow developer Sprout Games.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Both
Seattle-based companies develop mainly casual online and
downloadable games; PopCap's titles, including "Bejeweled" and "Zuma,"
have been downloaded over 50 million times; Sprout Games' "Feeding
Frenzy" claims more than 10 million downloads. Following the
acquisition, Sprout's development team will move into PopCap's
Seattle offices.
http://www.popcap.com
http://www.sproutgames.com
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Readers
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July 6, as we take a short break for the Independence Day holiday
weekend.
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o Briefly Noted: (San Mateo,
Calif.) Consumer electronics developer Sling Media on Thursday
launched its Slingbox, a device that "place-shifts" a live TV stream
from a user's cable box, satellite receiver or digital video
recorder to a Windows XP-based PC or laptop. The $249 Slingbox,
available at Best Buy and CompUSA, is unique in that no additional
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(Santa Monica, Calif.) KCRW, the NPR flagship station based in
Santa Monica, Calif., said on Thursday that it saw a tenfold
increase in podcast downloads on Tuesday, the day that Apple
launched iTunes 4.9 -- which included software for downloading
podcasts -- and placed KCRW's podcasts on the iTunes home page. The
station began offering podcasts of programs such as Harry Shearer's
"Le Show" and Elvis Mitchell's "The Treatment" on March 1; a daily
average of 10,000 podcast downloads grew to 100,000 on Tuesday, the
station said.
http://www.kcrw.com
(New York) Muze, a provider of informational databases on music,
movies, games and books to online and traditional retailers,
announced on Thursday that it has named current chairman of the
board Bill Sternsrud to the additional role of CEO. Sternsrud is a
managing director at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, which
acquired New York-based Muze in May. He replaces Paul Zullo, who had
served as CEO since founding the company in 1991.
http://www.muze.com
(San Francisco) Video game publisher Mastiff said it is currently
at work on "Top Gun" for Nintendo DS, based on the 1986 Paramount
Pictures film. The title will enable multiplayer "dogfights" for up
to four players.
http://www.mastiff-games.com
(Cypress, Calif.) Japanese game developer Bandai on Thursday
shipped its "Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam" title for PlayStaiton 2 to
retailers. The game is based on the popular Japanese anime TV series
that airs in the U.S. on Cartoon Network.
http://www.bandaigames.com
http://www.gundamofficial.com
(Los Angeles) Left Behind Games, a developer formed in 2001 to
create games based on the "Left Behind" religious book series,
announced that it plans to release a real-time strategy PC game
based on the books. "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," which will
feature an online multiplayer mode, is slated for release in the
spring of 2006.
http://www.leftbehindgames.com
(Santa Clara, Calif.) O-3 Entertainment, a provider of
interactive entertainment publishing and distribution services, said
on Wednesday that it has promoted Chris Jelinek to president.
Jelinek, previously the company's vice president of sales and
marketing, replaces Bill Gardner, who has left the company to pursue
other interests.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050629/295316.html
(San Francisco) Wired News on Thursday reported on comments that
Bram Cohen, developer of the BitTorrent file-sharing software, once
made concerning digital piracy -- that could now figure in a
potential future lawsuit. "I build systems to disseminate
information, commit digital piracy…" Cohen wrote in his
"Technological Activist's Agenda." "I wrote that in 1999, and I
didn't even start working on BitTorrent until 2001," Cohen told
Wired News. While the MPAA and RIAA have so far not sued Cohen for
creating BitTorrent, this week's Supreme Court ruling said a
file-sharing software creator's intentions are a factor in
determining guilt in copyright lawsuits. "A good lawyer will try to
nail him to the wall with that, and any other statements they can
find. It's circumstantial evidence of intent. It's not a slam dunk
but it hurts his case a little," Southern Illinois law professor
Mark Schultz told Wired News.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68046,00.html
http://www.bittorrent.com
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> Director of Marketing
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In this management position, the Supervisor oversees all
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The Product Manager is the worldwide owner of assigned
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