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Senate Debates Controversial Anti-Piracy "Induce Act"
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Report: U.S. Video Game Sales Down 2.5% in
First Half of 2004
o Clear
Channel to Spend $100 Million on Digital Radio Transition
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Report: Record 1.1 Billion Pirate CDs Sold Worldwide in 2003
o Sony Wins U.K. Copyright Case
Against PlayStation "Mod Chips"
o Report: U.K. Online Ad
Revenues Surge by 80%
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P2P sales, Electronic Arts - fantasy football, Activision -
Neversoft, THQ - Iron Lore Entertainment, Nokia - "Leisure Suit
Larry," Sorrent - "Inuyasha," Mobile Scope - "I, Robot," Digital TV
transition - House Subcommittee meeting
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o Senate Debates Controversial
Anti-Piracy "Induce Act"
Washington -- The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday heard
debate on a controversial bill -- the Inducing Infringement of
Copyrights Act or "Induce Act" -- that has the potential to shut
down peer-to-peer networks and outlaw other technologies that simply
"induce" people to infringe copyrights. Testifying at the hearing
were representatives from the RIAA, Business Software Alliance and
the U.S. Copyright Office, which announced its support for the
legislation on Thursday. While copyright holders in the music, film,
software and other industries say the law is badly needed to quell
piracy, critics say the bill is worded vaguely and could be applied
to potentially copyright infringement-inducing devices like Apple's
iPod, or the PC itself. A group of technology firms including CNET
Networks, eBay, Google, Intel, MCI, TiVo, Verizon, Sun Microsystems
and Yahoo sent a letter to Senators, saying the Induce Act "would
chill innovation and drive investment in technology [overseas]."
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64297,00.html
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R22912ED8
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/07/22/induce/index.html
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o Report: U.S.
Video Game Sales Down 2.5% in First Half of 2004
Port Washington, N.Y. -- Sales of U.S. console and portable video
game hardware, software and accessories fell 2.5% during the first
half of 2004, to $3.4 billion, while overall unit sales were up 1%
in the first six months of the year, as compared with the first half
of 2003, according to data compiled by New York-based market
research firm NPD Group. Only video game console and accessories
sales were up, 4% and 8% respectively, spurred by reduced prices for
PlayStation 2 and Xbox, as well as interest in Internet components
and specialty controllers. "While the first quarter of 2004 was
showing double-digit losses in console hardware unit sales, with the
help of lower price points for the Xbox and PS2 during the second
quarter of 2004, the industry actually saw double digit increases in
unit sales for the entire second quarter of the year," said NPD
senior games analyst Richard Ow. NPD also reported the top-selling
game titles for January through June, with Electronic Arts taking
three of the top five spots ("Fight Night 2004" for PlayStation and
Xbox; "MVP Baseball 2004" for PlayStation), accompanied by Midway's
"NBA Ballers" (PS2) and Nintendo's "Pokemon Colosseum" for GameCube.
http://www.npd.com
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o Clear Channel
to Spend $100 Million on Digital Radio Transition
San Antonio -- Radio giant Clear Channel announced on Thursday
the launch of an advanced technology initiative, with plans to
install digital broadcasting technology in 95% of its top 100
markets in the next three years. Clear Channel Radio CEO John Hogan
told The New York Times on Thursday that the company will spend $100
million over the next decade on advanced technologies, and equip 100
stations for digital in the next year. The company named Kevin
Lockhart to the new position of senior vice president of technology
development for Clear Channel Radio. "Digital radio is a
transforming application and Clear Channel Radio is committed to
passing on its benefits to our listeners," said Lockhart. "The
ability to deliver radically improved, CD-quality radio programming
and reception, along with data and related services, is a powerful
advantage for the radio industry and an important advance for
listeners."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040722/225188_1.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/business/media/22radio.html
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o Report:
Record 1.1 Billion Pirate CDs Sold Worldwide in 2003
London -- Despite reaching a record 1.1 billion discs in 2003,
global sales of pirated music CDs have spread more slowly in recent
years due to stepped up enforcement efforts, according to a report
from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
CD piracy in 2003 grew at its slowest rate in four years (4%),
although total estimated illegal music sales were valued at $4.5
billion, or about 15% of all recorded music sold. The IFPI also
identified 10 countries -- including Brazil, China, Pakistan and
Russia -- where "governments urgently need to crack down on rampant
illegal music sales." "Commercial music piracy dominates large
swathes of the world's music markets, despite an encouraging
slowdown in growth in 2003," said IFPI chairman and CEO Jay Berman.
"The responsibility now is for governments -- and especially on the
10 priority countries our report names -- to act decisively against
the problem. This means proper enforcement, deterrent sentences
against pirates, effective regulation of disc manufacturing and,
above all, the political will to make sure real change happens."
http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/press/20040722.html
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o Sony Wins
U.K. Copyright Case Against PlayStation "Mod Chips"
London -- The U.K. High Court on Wednesday set a landmark ruling
when it said that "mod" chips, used to alter Sony's PlayStation 2 so
that it can play imported or pirated games, violates the newly
implemented European Union Copyright Directive. The court ruling
outlawed the sale, possession, use and advertising of mod chips in
the U.K. Like DVD players, game consoles have "regional coding" that
prevents games sold in the U.S., for example, from playing on
PlayStations sold in Europe or Asia. "This case… confirms in the
clearest possible terms that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has
the right to prevent the illegal infringement of our intellectual
property rights, and those of third party games developers," said
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves. "We are
sending a clear message to manufacturers and distributors of mod
chips throughout the PAL territories that we will continue to pursue
legal action against them." Despite the U.K. ruling, mod chips have
been found to be a legal option for gamers in other regions like
Italy and Australia. Mod chip advocates say that the devices often
allow them to play games that publishers have not seen fit to
release in their region.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U2AA12ED8
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O1CA23ED8
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content/pub/3832
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/21/ps2_mod_chip_win
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o Report:
U.K. Online Ad Revenues Surge by 80%
London -- Surging demand for corporate-sponsored search listings
in the U.K. has increased online advertising revenues by 80%
year-on-year, according to a new study by the Internet Advertising
Bureau (IAB). The online ad market came to more than $646 million
last year, a figure that has exceeded most analysts' predictions by
far, IAB said. "The whole marketing industry is changing, and online
is at the heart of the new media mix," said IAB CEO Danny Meadows-Klue.
"Years ago, many claimed online (advertising) would wipe away
traditional media, but today we realize it supports them,
accelerating their effects and stretching their reach." The IAB said
the online ad market was on track to surpass the 600-million-pound
mark by 2006 and overtake commercial radio in terms of revenues
generated.
http://www.iab.net
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o Briefly Noted: (Washington)
The Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA), a trade group
of peer-to-peer file-sharing software distributors, said on Thursday
that download sales of songs from female rock band Heart's new album
"Jupiters Darling," through the Weed format on Kazaa and Grokster,
have outpaced sales on Apple's iTunes over the past week. The Weed
format allows recipients to listen to a song in its entirety several
times before being asked to purchase the track. The DCIA said that
Heart has generated sales of 2,000 digital tracks and 30,000 albums
to date for the new release.
http://www.annandnancy.com
http://www.dcia.info
http://www.weedshare.com
(Redwood City, Calif.) Electronic Arts on Thursday announced the
launch of sign-ups for its EA Sports Fantasy Football league.
Featuring sports data provided by Illinois-based STATS, the offering
will include a free weekly "Pick'em Game," as well as $9.99 single
team and $99 "Commissioner" subscriptions, which allow players to
make their own league rules. Fantasy sports sites have averaged 7
million monthly users in recent months, according to data from
ComScore Media Metrix.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040722/225310_1.html
http://www.stats.com
http://www.easports.com/fantasy
(Santa Monica, Calif.) Game developer Activision said on Thursday
that its Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Neversoft studio, which
created the "Tony Hawk Pro Skater" franchise, is at work on a new
non-sports title that it will release in 2006, alongside a new Tony
Hawk title currently in development. Santa Monica, Calif.-based
Activision said that Neversoft's Tony Hawk games have so far sold in
excess of $800 million.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040721/law105_1.html
http://www.activision.com
http://www.neversoft.com
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Video game publisher THQ on Thursday
announced a publishing agreement with Iron Lore Entertainment, a
Maynard, Mass.-based PC game developer headed by Brian Sullivan,
co-creator of the "Age of Empires" franchise. Under the terms, THQ
will publish an as-yet unannounced PC action roleplaying game being
developed at Iron Lore in late 2005.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040722/225332_1.html
http://www.thq.com
http://www.ironlore.com
(Las Vegas) Cell phone maker Nokia said on Thursday that it will
develop and co-publish a version of Vivendi Universal Games'
"Leisure Suit Larry" title for its N-Gage hybrid cell phone/mobile
game deck. "Leisure Suit Larry: Pocket Party," the first N-Gage
title to feature cel-shaded graphics, is currently in development at
Santa Cruz, Calif.-based TKO Software for release in November.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040721/daw045_1.html
http://www.tko-software.com
http://www.n-gage.com
(San Mateo, Calif.) Mobile entertainment publisher Sorrent on
Thursday announced a multi-year partnership with ShoPro
Entertainment, a distributor of animated content, to develop and
publish mobile content based on "Inuyasha," a popular Japanese anime
TV series that airs on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in the U.S. San
Mateo, Calif.-based Sorrent will produce Inuyasha-themed games,
wallpapers and messaging applications for cell phones.
http://www.shopro-entertainment.com
http://www.sorrent.com
http://www.inuyashaworld.com
(Meerbusch, Germany) Wireless entertainment publisher Mobile
Scope on Thursday released its "I, Robot" game for Java-enabled cell
phones, based on the 20th Century Fox film of the same name.
Germany-based Mobile Scope said that it will also release a BREW
version of the game later this summer.
http://www.mobilescope.com
http://www.irobotmovie.com
(San Francisco) Wired News on Thursday reported on a Wednesday
House Subcommittee meeting addressing the transition to digital
television in the U.S. Lawmakers are anxious to switch over from
analog so that the freed broadcast spectrum space could be auctioned
off to wireless carriers and used for public safety communications.
However, subsidies to equip lower income owners of the 45 million
analog TVs currently in use with digital converters could eclipse
the amount of revenue generated from any unused spectrum sale, noted
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.).
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64299,00.html
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