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o Sonicblue Fires CEO Potashner; Company Defends Executive Loans
o Dutch Soccer Clubs Sue Sony for Use of Trademarks In Video Game
o MPEG LA Sues DVD Player Maker Apex Digital Over Unpaid Royalties
o Sony Intros New Digital Rights Management Technology

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o Sonicblue Fires CEO Potashner; Company Defends Executive Loans

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Consumer electronics firm Sonicblue announced late
Thursday that its board of directors has fired chairman, president and CEO
Ken Potashner. The company gave no explanation for the dismissal, naming
executive vice president for marketing and product management L. Gregory
Ballard as interim CEO. Ousted CEO Potashner told The Wall Street Journal
he believes he was terminated over a dispute with the company's board,
concerning loans made by the company to board members totaling $600,000.
Potashner alleged that after receiving the loans, the board then changed
the terms so they didn't need to be repaid. In a press conference on
Friday, interim CEO Ballard defended the loans, saying they were
legitimate and properly reported in SEC filings. He also denied that any
dispute over the loans, or concern over the company's financial situation,
were the reason for Potashner's termination. Before joining Sonicblue in
April, Ballard was CEO of 3dfx.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020808/80374_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/020808/200208082153001070_1.html
http://www.sonicblue.com
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o Dutch Soccer Clubs Sue Sony for Use of Trademarks In Video Game

London -- Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, the company's European video
game unit, will face charges in court next week that it used trademarks
from several European soccer teams without permission in its "This is
Football 2002" game. Netherlands-based football clubs Ajax, Feyenoord and
PSV are asking a Dutch court to suspend sales of the game in the
Netherlands, as well as prohibit the release of the upcoming 2003 version
of the game. Sven Klos, an attorney for the clubs, told Reuters that the
clubs already have licensing agreements with Sony rival Electronic Arts to
use their trademarks in video games.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=1311775
http://www.scee.com/
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o MPEG LA Sues DVD Player Maker Apex Digital Over Unpaid Royalties

Denver, Colo. -- MPEG LA, a licensing body consisting of patent holders of
video compression technology, announced that it has sued DVD player
manufacturer Apex Digital for allegedly breaching its contract and failing
to pay millions of dollars in royalties. The lawsuit, filed in U.S.
District Court in Colorado, seeks an injunction against Ontario,
Calif.-based Apex Digital from using MPEG-2 patents in its products until
the company pays all royalties that it owes. "Apex's disregard for its
contractual obligations is unfair to MPEG LA's other licensees, accounting
for most of the DVD player sales in today's world market, who are meeting
their licensing obligations and paying their rightful share of reasonable
royalties," said MPEG LA chief executive Baryn S. Futa.
http://www.mpegla.com/c_news.html
http://www.apexdigitalinc.com
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o Sony Intros New Digital Rights Management Technology

Tokyo -- Sony Corp. has introduced new digital rights management
technology designed to protect music and movie content downloaded from the
Internet to PCs and other devices like game consoles and mobile devices.
The new "OpenMG X" technology consists of three software modules: an
encoding module that adds digital rights management information, such as
the number of times content was copied or played, to music/movie content
and converts them into code at the distributors' end; a server module that
distributes digital rights management information on content to the users'
end; and a client module for developing software compatible with OpenMG X.
Sony also announced the creation of "Magiqlip," a network music player for
PC that's compatible with OpenMG X. Sony said that its Pressplay music
subscription service joint venture with Universal Music is considering
adopting OpenMG X, and that Japanese firm Label Gate will soon launch a
music distribution service compatible with Magiqlip.
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(New York) Playboy Enterprises announced it has signed a three-year
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phones and handheld devices, to produce and distribute its adult
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$19.95.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020808/80117_1.html
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(New York) AOL Music announced on Friday the release of Nullsoft Winamp3,
the latest version of the popular audio player software. Winamp3 was
entirely rebuilt based on the company's Wasabi coding platform, adding
features like video support and richer audio functionality.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020809/92037_1.html
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(New York) Princeton Video Image, a provider of virtual effect and ad
insertion technology, announced that it has signed a three-year extension
of its agreement with NFL International to sell and insert virtual ads for
NFL football telecasts. Under the terms, New York-based Princeton Video
and the NFL will share revenue from virtual ads. The extension also calls
for the company to produce a "virtual first down line" for the NFL's
international feed of the Super Bowl.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020808/82314_1.html
http://www.pvi-inc.com

(New York) Video game publisher Simon & Schuster Interactive, in
association with Jim Henson Interactive, announced that its PC game based
on the Sci-Fi Network TV series "Farscape" will begin selling at retail
this weekend. A website for the game, which features the voice talent of
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(Reston, Va.) ComScore Networks, a provider of Internet behavioral
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service, which combines Virginia-based ComScore's service with its
acquisition of Media Metrix from Jupiter Media Metrix, currently provides
Internet audience data for 25 countries.
http://www.comscore.com

(New York) Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite-delivered
digital radio services, announced on Friday it will offer a $75 mail-in
rebate to consumers who purchase a Sirius radio receiver, currently made
by companies including Kenwood, Clarion, Jensen and Audiovox. New
York-based Sirius said the rebate offer will expire on Nov. 17.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020808/nyth015_1.html
http://www.siriusradio.com

(San Francisco) Online magazine Salon.com recently featured an article
exploring current discussion in the community of developers working on
software related to the Gnutella file-sharing protocol, which could
potentially limit the number of programs that can access the network. Many
users of popular programs like BearShare, LimeWire have experienced
denial-of-service type attacks when using the file-sharing programs, due
to rapid-fire queries on their PCs from users of other, less-considerate
programs such as Xolox and Qtraxmax.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/08/gnutella_developers/index.html
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