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o Movie Studios Endorse Digital Video Security Technology
o Copyright Office Includes "Interactive" Webcasters in Arbitration
o Study: Dot-com Downturn Not Affecting U.S. 'Net Use
o Court Sets Deadline for Submission of Napster Appeal
o Samsung and AOL Time Warner Partner on Interactive TV
o Content Management Firm Inxight Raises $24 Million
o Inktomi Acquires Streaming Services Provider EScene Networks
o CenterSpan Adds Radio Central Channels to Scour.com
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o Briefly Noted: Windows XP - CD ripping - DVD playback, Russian hacker -
FBI, Country singer - copyright suit, EulogyCast, Sirius Satellite Radio -
ABC Radio Networks, Vitaminic - Waitec, ChainCast Networks patent,
Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications - WTS of Portugal, MTI
PerfectBook-080, Creative Industries Task Force
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o Movie Studios Endorse Digital Video Security Technology

New York -- Movie studios Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. have announced
their endorsement of technology that protects the digital transmission of
video, bringing video-on-demand for movies and other similar services
closer to reality. The technology was developed by the 5C Entity --
composed of consumer electronics manufacturers Intel, Matsushita, Toshiba,
Sony and Hitachi -- and allows content providers such as the studios to
embed restrictions and limitations on how their video content can be used.
For instance, the technology can regulate whether or not a movie can be
recorded using TiVo or a similar personal video recorder. Sony and Warner
are the first major movie studios to adopt the technology; others such as
Disney and Vivendi Universal have yet to commit to a secure distribution
platform.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/601334.asp?0dm=C1AMT
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6592372.html?tag=cd_mh
http://www.dtcp.com/
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o Copyright Office Includes "Interactive" Webcasters in Arbitration

New York -- The U.S. Copyright Office has ruled that providers of
so-called "interactive" Web radio programming should be allowed to
participate in arbitration proceedings to determine what royalty rates
should be set for digital music, The Wall Street Journal reported on
Tuesday. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had argued
that streaming radio services that let users skip through songs and do
other functions that can influence the music they hear should have to pay
higher royalty rates than do non-interactive services. The Digital Media
Association -- a lobbying group that represents webcasters -- called the
ruling a victory for its members that brought the issue, which include
MTVi and Yahoo's recently-acquired Launch Media.
http://www.digmedia.org/dcupdateart.cfm?id=7&app=washup
http://www.riaa.org/pdf/nab6.pdf
http://www.riaa.org/pdf/nab7.pdf
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o Study: Dot-com Downturn Not Affecting U.S. 'Net Use

Washington, D.C. -- A new survey of Americans conducted by the Pew
Internet and American Life Project reveals that despite the growing number
of failed Internet companies, U.S. citizens are spending about the same
amount of time online as they were six months ago. In fact, only 8 percent
of those surveyed said that one of their favorite Web sites has closed in
the past year. The study also found that of those who said they were using
the Internet "more" than they were six months ago, 29 percent said it was
due to increased use at work or for school. The Pew Internet survey asked
questions of 1,081 Internet users who had been online for at least six
months.
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/reports.asp?Report=37&Section=ReportLevel1&Field=Level1ID&ID=151
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o Court Sets Deadline for Submission of Napster Appeal

San Francisco -- The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has given Napster
until August 9th to submit an appeal of a recent ruling that said its
filters must be 100 percent effective before it can come back online, the
Associated Press reported. Napster has been offline since July 2nd, when
it voluntarily took the service down to fix technical errors related to
its implementation of new "audio fingerprinting" software that identifies
files based on their acoustic characteristics. In a hearing last week,
Judge Patel ordered that Napster must remain offline until its filtering
system allows no unauthorized copyrighted material to be traded. The Court
did not immediately grant Napster's request for a stay of Judge Patel's
ruling, the text of which is provided at a link below.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6587978.html?tag=mn_hd
http://dl.napster.com/010712-emergencystay.pdf
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o Samsung and AOL Time Warner Partner on Interactive TV

New York -- AOL Time Warner and Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that
they will collaborate on set-top box technology for interactive
television. Samsung will build a set-top box for the AOLTV interactive TV
service that incorporates personal video recorder technology from TiVo. In
return, AOL Time Warner will promote Samsung consumer electronics devices
such as its DVD players across its media properties. The two companies
also said that they will explore collaborations on other digital products
for wireless, Web terminals and email printers.
http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/press_view.cfm?release_num=55252068
http://samsungelectronics.com
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o Content Management Firm Inxight Raises $24 Million

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Inxight, a provider of content management software,
announced on Tuesday that it has raised $24 million in its second round of
venture capital financing led by DB eVentures. Santa Clara-based Inxight's
software is used by search engine and database providers like InfoSeek,
AltaVista, Dow Jones and Lexis Nexis to provide their users with more
efficient ways to search content, such as searches in multiple languages.
The company will use the funds to support ongoing growth and expansion of
its products.
http://www.prnmedia.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=107&STORY=/www/story/07-17-2001/0001534560&EDATE=
http://www.inxight.com
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o Inktomi Acquires Streaming Services Provider EScene Networks

Foster City, Calif. -- Inktomi, a content delivery network that speeds
digital media across the Internet, announced on Tuesday that it has
acquired San Francisco-based EScene Networks, a provider of streaming
media software and services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Foster City-based Inktomi said it is branching out of its role as a
content delivery network to also provide software that will help companies
to distribute their video and audio content over its worldwide network of
servers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010717/0073.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6589076.html?tag=mn_hd
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o CenterSpan Adds Radio Central Channels to Scour.com

San Francisco -- Custom Web radio channels provider Radio Central said on
Tuesday that it is providing three channels to Scour.com, the file-sharing
exchange recently re-launched by Oregon-based CenterSpan Communications.
San Francisco-based Radio Central is providing programming on three
stations -- Scour Hip Hop, Scour Electronic and Scour Rock -- to a branded
player that will blend in to Scour.com's existing design. The stations are
similar to FM radio, featuring audio commercials and song announcements
from disc jockeys. Additionally, the service will offer interactive
elements like links to artist information. Radio Central also provides
custom radio channels to About.com, EarthLink and A&E Television Networks'
website.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010717/0209.html
http://www.radiocentral.com
http://www.scour.com
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o Briefly Noted:

(Redmond, Wash.) Microsoft said it plans to offer users of its new Windows
XP operating system the ability to "rip" their CDs into MP3 or Windows
Media format and playback DVDs, provided they purchase additional software
that will cost between $20 and $30. The technology will be sold by
CyberLink, InterVideo and Ravisent.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010716/sfm054.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6575795.html
http://www.intervideo.com
http://www.ravisent.com

(San Francisco) A Russian programmer was arrested by the FBI for
distributing software that can break the encryption on Adobe's Acrobat
software, Wired News reported on Tuesday. The programmer was visiting the
U.S. to attend the Def Con hacker convention, and was arrested under the
criminal provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- which say
that distributing a method of circumventing anti-piracy technology can be
prosecuted as a criminal act.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45298,00.html
http://www.defcon.org

(Lubbock, Texas) A country music singer has filed copyright infringement
legislation against a record store in Lubbock, Texas that allegedly sold
pirated copies of his CD. The suit -- filed against the owner of Ralph's
Records Tapes & CDs by artist Cory Morrow --seeks $150,000 in damages,
destruction of all pirated copies, the surrender and destruction of all
equipment used to create the copies and an injunction to prevent further
copying. Morrow said the album is an earlier release that "doesn't
represent the quality of my recent work."
http://www.prnmedia.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=107&STORY=/www/story/07-17-2001/0001534557&EDATE=

(Solvang, Calif.) EulogyCast, a provider of streaming video services for
funeral providers, on Tuesday announced the launch of its services. The
company provides funeral homes, religious organizations and the public
with technology and equipment that can webcast a funeral privately to
those who are unable to attend the service. "The ability to view a loved
one's memorial services live and share one's feelings with family via the
Internet is convenient and extremely cost effective," said Vince Imani,
president and CEO of EulogyCast parent company Trivision Solutions, Inc.
http://www.eulogycast.com
http://www.trivisionsolutions.com

(Washington, D.C.) Sirius Satellite Radio said on Tuesday that it has
signed an agreement with ABC Radio Networks to broadcast five sports and
entertainment channels on its satellite-delivered digital radio service.
The programming includes Radio Disney, ESPNEWS, ESPN Radio, ABC NewsTalk and "a channel dedicated to the nation's truckers" that will be
co-produced by Washington-based Sirius and ABC and offer programming like
WBAP's "Midnight Cowboy" program.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010717/0309.html
http://www.siriusradio.com

(San Francisco) Downloadable music retailer Vitaminic announced on Tuesday
that it has agreed to offer subscriptions to consumers who purchase
certain MP3 players and CD players manufactured by Netherlands-based
Waitec. Italy-based Vitaminic offers music from a combination of major and
independent labels as well as unsigned artists from 12 websites targeted
at various countries in Europe and the U.S.
http://www.vitaminic.com
http://www.waitec.com

(San Jose, Calif.) Streaming media delivery provider ChainCast Networks
announced on Tuesday that it has been issued U.S. Patent No. 6,249,810 for
its "cost-effective multicasting" technology. The technology covers a
device such as a user's PC that accepts a stream from one source, and can
send the same stream out to other PCs registered on the network. San
Jose-based ChainCast did not say whether it will examine other similar
technologies to see if they infringe on its newly-awarded patent.
http://www.chaincast.com/news_events/patent07172001.html

(Lisbon, Portugal) Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications (LMGT) said
on Tuesday that it has partnered with Wireless Telecommunications Services
(WTS) of Portugal to develop a broadband data and television broadcast
network for mainland Portugal and the Azores and Madeira Islands. The
network will offer interactive digital television and video, Internet
access and two-way, high-speed IP data transfer. The system is scheduled
to launch in Lisbon and Porto in 2002 and expand through the rest of the
country over the next three years.
http://www.lmgt.com/servlet/PR_Detail?SiteContentID=1435&LanguageID=1

(San Francisco) Wired News reported on Tuesday on a fully-automated
print-on-demand machine that can churn out a complete and bound book in
twelve minutes. The device -- an MTI PerfectBook-080 -- is manufactured by
Marsh Technologies of Chesterfield, Missouri.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45228,00.html
http://www.perfect-systems.com/

(San Francisco) Salon.com featured an article Tuesday on a U.K.
organization's efforts to educate the region's children to respect
intellectual property and warn them of the legal implications of
file-sharing. The Creative Industries Task Force's Intellectual Property
Group advocates that the information should be integrated into
schoolchildren's normal curriculum.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/16/abc_ip/index.html
http://www.culture.gov.uk/creative/creative_industries.html
http://www.intellectual-property.gov.uk/

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