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o AOL Buys AT&T Stake in Time Warner Entertainment; Cable Unit to Spin-Off
o RIAA Asks Court to Compel Verizon to Turn Over Subscriber Data
o Digital Rights Management Firm ShieldIP Raises $4.2 Million
o Study Reports Google is No. 1 Search Engine in Customer Satisfaction
o Liquid Audio Files Suit Against Shareholders Over Takeover Bids
o Video Game Developer 3DO Announces One-for-Eight Reverse Stock Split

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o AOL Buys AT&T Stake in Time Warner Entertainment; Cable Unit to Spin-Off

New York -- Confirming earlier reports, AOL Time Warner announced on
Wednesday that it will purchase AT&T's stake in Time Warner Entertainment
for about $2.1 billion in cash and $1.5 billion in AOL stock. The deal
will dissolve AOL's partnership with AT&T, giving AOL full control over
HBO, Warner Bros. and other properties. It will also create a new publicly
traded cable TV unit, Time Warner Cable; an IPO of the cable unit is
expected to occur some time next year. As part of the deal, AT&T Comcast
will offer AOL high-speed Internet service to its 10 million cable
subscribers following the merger of AT&T with Comcast, another cable TV
operator, for a period of three years.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020821/212048_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020821/212049_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/020821/media_att_aol_15.html
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o RIAA Asks Court to Compel Verizon to Turn Over Subscriber Data

Washington -- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has
asked a federal court in Washington to compel Internet service provider
Verizon to turn over the identity of a subscriber allegedly trading
hundreds of songs on file-sharing services illegally, CNET News.com
reported. The recording industry trade group has recently shifted some of
its massive efforts to shut down unauthorized file-sharing services to the
users themselves. Verizon did not comply with an earlier subpoena from the
RIAA asking the user's identity, due to what it saw as privacy and legal
liability issues. "It created a very difficult policy issue for us,"
Verizon vice president Sara Deutsch told News.com. "We understand that
RIAA has a problem and needs this information. At the same time, we have
an equally legitimate concern that they comply with the proper legal
process." The RIAA hopes the court will rule that Verizon be deemed a
"service provider" under a clause of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
that states such service providers must turn over subscriber information
to copyright owners when asked.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954658.html?tag=cd_mh
http://www.riaa.org
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o Digital Rights Management Firm ShieldIP Raises $4.2 Million

New York -- ShieldIP, a developer of anti-piracy and digital rights
management technologies, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $4.2
million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Charter
Ventures. New York-based ShieldIP says its digital rights management
technology can protect computer programs, written text, music, images and
video without the use of watermarks, hardware dongles, encryption or
license servers. Instead, the company's solution integrates directly with
a device's operating system, not requiring vendors to make any changes to
their content.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.082102/222332103
http://www.shieldip.com
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o Study Reports Google is No. 1 Search Engine in Customer Satisfaction

Mountain View, Calif. -- A new University of Michigan study has ranked
Mountain View-based Google as the No. 1 search engine among consumers. The
University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index measures 35
industries, including nearly 200 companies and government agencies. In the
university's first study involving search engines, Google scored an 80 to
easily beat out Ask Jeeves (62) and AltaVista (61). In the Internet portal
category, Yahoo ranked first (76), followed by MSN (72) and AOL (59).
http://www.theacsi.org/second_quarter.htm#ese
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o Liquid Audio Files Suit Against Shareholders Over Takeover Bids

Redwood City, Calif. -- Liquid Audio, a provider of digital music
distribution services, announced on Wednesday that it has filed suit
against two groups of its shareholders -- MM Companies and Steel Partners
II -- alleging the groups are violating federal securities laws in
connection with their campaigns to take control of Liquid Audio. The
company, which recently announced a merger agreement with Alliance
Entertainment, is seeking compensatory and punitive damages as a result of
the alleged violations. "Liquid Audio's board of directors remains
committed to our combination with Alliance Entertainment," said Liquid
Audio CEO Gerry Kearby. "We simply cannot allow MM Companies and Steel
Partners to continue to spread misinformation about the transaction. We
believe that they should be required to play by the rules."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020821/sfw053_1.html
http://www.liquidaudio.com
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o Video Game Developer 3DO Announces One-for-Eight Reverse Stock Split

Redwood City, Calif. -- Video game developer 3DO announced that its
stockholders approved a one-for-eight reverse split of its common stock,
which will be effective at the close of business on Thursday. The
company's shares have traded below the Nasdaq's $1 minimum requirement for
continued listing in large part since February. Redwood City-based 3DO
said it anticipates the reverse stock split to raise its share price such
that it will be able to maintain continued listing on the Nasdaq, but
makes no assurance to this fact and may still face delisting from the
exchange.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020820/sftu101_1.html
http://www.3do.com
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Briefly Noted:

(Franklin, Tenn.) StreamCast Networks has released the long-awaited
version 2.0 of its Morpheus file-sharing software. The company has also
launched its CintoA digital packaging service, allowing content owners to
securely place their content on Morphues and set rules regarding the use
of their material, such as designating the length of a sample or limiting
the number of free listens before requiring purchase. The service costs
$125 per song or $495 per full album, and includes CD distribution via
online retailer CDBaby. CNET News.com provided reviews of the Morpheus
update from its Download.com site as part of its coverage.
http://www.musiccity.com/submit.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954593.html?tag=cd_mh

(San Antonio, Texas) SBC Communications, a provider of telephone and
Internet services, announced on Wednesday that it will begin offering a
new tiered speed and pricing structure for DSL service in the fall. The
company said it will offer a number of different tiers for consumer DSL
service, including one geared for avid streamers and downloaders, and one
aimed at telecommuters. The move comes as a growing number of cable and
DSL broadband providers offer tiered pricing to try to separate
high-bandwidth from lower-bandwidth users to maximize profits.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020821/212141_1.html
http://www.sbc.com

(Denver, Colo.) Cellus USA, the U.S. arm of Norway-based wireless
entertainment provider Cellus, announced on Wednesday that it has reached
licensing agreements with a number of U.S. music publishers and performing
rights organizations. Under the agreements with performing rights groups
ASCAP and BMI; and music publishers Warner, Sony, Famous, Universal and BMG, Denver-based Cellus USA is granted the right to create wireless ringtones
from their copyrighted compositions.
http://www.cellus-usa.com

(Maynard, Mass.) Maynard-based SeaChange International Inc., a developer
of digital video systems, said on Tuesday that AT&T Broadband has selected
SeaChange to replace its cable TV video-on-demand systems in Atlanta and
Los Angeles. AT&T currently uses a video-on-demand technology from Diva
Systems Corp. in these two markets.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020820/202084_1.html
http://www.seachangeinternational.com

(Mountain View, Calif.) Ebrary, an online provider of information
distribution and retrieval services for libraries, announced that it has
licensed its technology to sheet music provider Byron Hoyt. The agreement
will make more than 7,000 classical sheet music and educational titles
available online to libraries. An introductory offer for libraries makes
the Byron Hoyt online collection available for a $1,950 annual
subscription.
http://www.byronhoyt.com
http://www.ebrary.com

(Redmond, Wash.) Microsoft said on Wednesday that its MSNBC.com and MSN
services have signed agreements with Weather.com to provide personalized,
up-to-date weather information and statistics. The sites also plan to
offer weather alerts and forecasts that can be routed to various mobile
devices as well as email and instant messaging services.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020821/212211_1.html
http://www.weather.com

(Chicago) Adult online entertainment provider Playboy.com on Wednesday
announced that it has named Randy A. Nicolau president of the company,
replacing Lawrence R. Lux. Nicolau formerly served as CEO of Bridgepoint
Marketing, and also as senior vice president of online fantasy sports firm
Small World Media.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020821/cgw031_1.html
http://www.playboy.com

(Los Angeles) EUniverse, provider of a network of entertainment-related
websites and newsletters, announced on Wednesday the formation of
Performance Marketing Group (PMG), an online direct marketing company
specializing in designing, planning, implementing and optimizing
advertising campaigns for online publishers. Los Angeles-based EUniverse
also launched PMG-Velocity -- a division of PMG that will help companies
sell their own products via the Internet, providing a marketing service
offering campaign planning, testing, creative design, tracking and search
engine optimization.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020821/law012_1.html
http://www.enuiverse.com
http://www.performancemarketinggroup.com

(London) U.K. news site TheRegister reports that BTBroadband, the
high-speed consumer Internet service from British Telecom, has begun
sending notices to its subscribers that utilize peer-to-peer file-sharing
services asking them to stop distributing copyrighted content or else have
their connections terminated. Last year, BT restricted bandwidth to
file-sharing sites for subscribers to its ADSL high-speed Internet
service.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26674.html
http://www.bt.com/broadband

(Washington) The Washington Post on Wednesday reported on the growing use
of "spoof" files -- which contain repeated sections of a particular song
instead of the whole song itself -- as a means by the recording industry
to combat the unauthorized trading of songs on peer-to-peer file-sharing
services. The article goes on to describe other anti-piracy initiatives,
such as releasing copy-protected CDs, which the record industry is using
to try to counteract slumping CD sales.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42239-2002Aug20.html
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