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o Napster Appeal Denied by Ninth Circuit
o Hacker Breaks Into Yahoo News Site, Changes Story
o Australian Firm Wins 'Net Defamation Case Against Dow Jones
o "Sex" Bumped from Top Search Term as Users Seek Out News
o Disney Forms Buena Vista Game Entertainment Studio, Names President
o Wireless Content Device Maker SimpleDevices Raises $5 Million
o Rich Media Software Firm Digital Lava Selling Assets, Shutting Down
> DMW Panel Discussion: Microsoft vs. AOL | Sept. 28 | Los Angeles
> DMW Panel Discussion: The State of Wireless | Oct. 10 | San Francisco
> Seminar: How Bush's Tech Policy Will Affect Your Business | McLean, VA
o Briefly Noted: Charter Communications - MSN, DirecTV - Wink - Barnes and
Noble.com, Maverick Records - Activision, "Rebuilding Wall Street," Stream
Theory - EGames, "Victims' Benefit Day at the Movies"
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> Job Postings: Account Mgr., Marketing Associate, Sr. Level BizDev,
Research Asst., Sales Asst./International

> Events/Services: "Digital Media Revolution in the Americas," "SHORTSPAN
Film & Video Festival: SOUTHEAST Tour, August 24- Sept. 22"

Full Job/Event/Services descriptions listed below "Briefly Noted" section
or at http://www.digitalmediawire.com/postings.html

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o Napster Appeal Denied by Ninth Circuit

San Francisco -- Napster has lost its appeal to set aside a ruling by U.S.
District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, who ordered the company's
file-sharing service offline until its filters could block 100 percent of
copyrighted songs. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled
against Napster and said that no further filings should be made to the
court unless it requests them. Napster voluntarily took its service
offline on July 2nd, before the ruling in question was delivered. Judge
Patel will next consider the recording industry's request for a summary
judgment against Napster that it is contributing copyright infringement,
in which case the trial would proceed directly to determining monetary
damages Napster would pay record labels. The summary judgment hearing is
scheduled for October 10.
http://www.riaa.org
http://www.napster.com
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o Hacker Breaks Into Yahoo News Site, Changes Story

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Yahoo has confirmed that a Reuters story carried on
its news site was hacked into and its contents altered, CNET reported on
Thursday. The break-in was originally reported on SecurityFocus.com, which
said that the hacker, Adrian Lamo, was attempting to bring to light holes
in Yahoo's security. Lamo said that he altered a number of stories over
the course of three weeks, but Yahoo's admission relates to a news report
on Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov. Lamo has used similar tactics to
show weaknesses in AOL's Instant Messenger and technology used by
Excite@Home. Yahoo has not yet said whether or not it will charge Lamo.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7238972.html?tag=cd_mh
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/article.html?id=254
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010823/n23317867_2.html
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o Australian Firm Wins 'Net Defamation Case Against Dow Jones

Canberra, Australia -- An Australian mining company has won a defamation
case filed against Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones over an article
defaming the company that was published on the Internet in the U.S., the
Associated Press reported on Thursday. Dow Jones today appealed the
ruling, in a case could have significant implications if foreign countries
are allowed to sue for defamation related to articles published on the Web
from the U.S. "We filed an appeal on Tuesday on a case that could have
major impact in the way media companies operate throughout the world,"
said Steven Goldstein, vice president of corporate communications for Dow
Jones. "We do not believe that Australia is an appropriate venue for a
case involving a story that was published in New York."
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46986,00.html
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o "Sex" Bumped from Top Search Term as Users Seek Out News

Palo Alto, Calif. -- The word "sex" fell from the list of
most-searched-for terms on search engines last week, as Web users instead
sought news and information related to the terrorist attacks on the United
States, Reuters reported. AltaVista spokesman David Emanuel noted that
"popular search terms last week turned almost exclusively to
disaster-related information," adding that "sex" dropped to No. 17 on
AltaVista's list. Google reported its top search terms from last week
included Nostradamus, World Trade Center, CNN, Osama bin Laden, American
Flag and American Airlines.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7232423.html?tag=cd_mh
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o Disney Forms Buena Vista Game Entertainment Studio, Names President

Los Angeles -- The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday the formation
of a new video game development unit, Buena Vista Game Entertainment
Studio (BVGES). Current Disney Interactive president Jan E. Smith will
assume the additional role of president of BVGES. Disney said the new
division will "combine new and emerging technologies, such as broadband
and wireless, with video consoles, PCs, other technological innovations,
and online games." BVGES will develop titles based on Disney's movies and
other media holdings as well as its family of brands.
http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3913
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o Wireless Content Device Maker SimpleDevices Raises $5 Million

La Jolla, Calif. -- SimpleDevices, a developer of consumer electronics
products that can wirelessly stream content either from a home PC or
directly off the Internet, has raised $5 million from Motorola and Proxim
as part of its second round of funding, VentureWire reported on Thursday.
The company plans to close the expected $12 million round in November. La
Jolla-based SimpleDevices markets products such as a wireless digital
audio receiver for cars, a device that includes a hard drive placed in the
trunk to store media files that can be wirelessly streamed to the car from
a home PC. The company plans to use the funds for research and
development, sales and expansion.
http://www.simpledevices.com
http://www.venturewire.com
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o Rich Media Software Firm Digital Lava Selling Assets, Shutting Down

Marina del Rey, Calif. -- Digital Lava, a provider of rich media software,
announced on Thursday that it plans to sell its assets to New York-based
Interactive Video Technologies for $700,000. If the liquidation plan is
approved, Digital Lava will then pays off its debt, return the remaining
funds to its stockholders and cease operations. "Given our financial
position and inability to secure additional funding, we are pleased to
have entered into this agreement with IVT,'' said Digital Lava CEO Bob
Greene. The Marina del Rey-based firm provides software that can stream
video and audio with other synchronized text, graphics, animation and Web
links.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010920/200048_1.html
http://www.digitallava.com
http://www.ivtweb.com
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> Digital Media Wire Presents a Panel Discussion:
"Microsoft vs. AOL: The Battle of the Internet Titans"

Los Angeles | Friday, September 28th at the Four Seasons Hotel

This panel of journalists, legal experts and others will discuss the
increasing rivalry between these two monolithic companies -- and how their
competition will affect the development of the Internet for years to come.

For more information and to register:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/LAbattle.html

MODERATOR:
Jim Griffin - CEO of Cherry Lane Digital, Founder of Evolab,
Co-founder of the 'pho' list

SPEAKERS:
Sonia Arrison - Director, Center for Technology Studies | Pacific Research
Bob Badal - Attorney | Heller Ehrman
Mark Frauenfelder - Editor | WIRED
Jon Goodman - Executive Director | EC2 Incubator Project @ USC

SPONSOR: Heller Ehrman
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION: larta

For more information and to register:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/LAbattle.html
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> Digital Media Wire Presents a Panel Discussion:
"The State of Wireless: Delivering Content Across Today's Mobile
Landscape"

San Francisco | Wednesday, October 10th at The City Club

This panel of top wireless, content and technology executives and
professionals will discuss the necessary steps in streamlining an array of
applications in order to lay a workable infrastructure for the delivery of
emerging products.

For more information and to register:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/SFwireless.html

FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Seamus McAteer - Sr. Analyst | Jupiter Media Metrix
Rick Onyon - Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | fusionOne
John Trobough - Chief Executive Officer | Gravitate
***Additional Panelists TBA***

For more information and to register:
http://www.digitalmediawire.com/SFwireless.html
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> Potomac Tech Wire Seminar:
How Bush's Tech Policy Will Affect Your Business

Sponsors:
Womble Carlyle
National Journal's Technology Daily

Panelists:
-Wayne Crews, Director of Technology Policy, Cato Institute
-Kevin Jones, Attorney, Womble Carlyle
-John Palfoutas, Sr. VP Domestic Policy, American Electronics Association
-Ken Wasch, President, Software & Information Industry Association
-Bara Vaida, Senior Writer, National Journal's Tech Daily
Paul Sherman (moderator), Editor, Potomac Tech Wire

When: Wednesday, September 26, 2001
7:30 - 8 AM: Registration and Networking
8 - 9:30 AM: Breakfast, Panel, Q&A
Where: The Ritz Carlton, McLean, VA

For more information and to register for this event:
http://www.potomactechwire.com/seminar10.htm
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o Briefly Noted:

(St. Louis, Mo.) Cable TV operator Charter Communications announced on
Thursday that it has partnered with Microsoft to make MSN content and
services available to Charter's high-speed Internet access subscribers.
The deal includes the creation of a customized version of MSN Explorer,
and access to services like Hotmail and Passport. The service is scheduled
to launch early next year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010920/200024_1.html
http://www.charter.com

(El Segundo, Calif.) Satellite digital TV provider DirecTV announced that
it has partnered with interactive TV firm Wink Communications and Barnes
and Noble.com to offer an interactive bookstore channel on DirecTV. The
channel will let viewers with a Wink-enabled set-top box browse book
synopses and jacket images, and purchase titles directly through their
televisions.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010919/sfw017a_1.html
http://www.wink.com

(Los Angeles) Maverick Records announced on Thursday that it has partnered
with game developer Activision to release an album of "Music From and
Inspired by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3," a skateboarding game developed by
Santa Monica-based Activision. Along with tracks from artists including
Outkast, Sum 41, Deftones and NOFX, the enhanced CD will feature a preview
of the upcoming game "Tony Hawk Inside Out" and an interview with the
professional skater.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010920/200241_1.html
http://www.maverick.com
http://www.activision.com

(South Brunswick, N.J.) Dow Jones Newsletters on Thursday announced the
launch of a free, weekly email newsletter that will chronicle the
rebuilding of Wall Street following last week's terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Center. "Rebuilding Wall Street" will written by Dow Jones
Newswires and Wall Street Journal reporters and will cover "the
technological infrastructure of Wall Street for data and voice
communications, plans for the reconstruction and repair of buildings,
temporary relocations and the human aspects of this tragedy as Wall Street
looks to recruit, promote and train people to replace those lost." The
company will decide at the end of the year whether to continue the
newsletter and on what terms it will be published.
http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.092001/212630539.htm
http://www.djnewswires.com/rebuilding

(Moffett Field, Calif.) Stream Theory, a provider of video game and other
software distribution through broadband streaming, announced on Thursday
that it has partnered with Pennsylvania-based family entertainment firm
EGames to launch a video game rental site for family-oriented titles.
Players must download a proprietary player from Moffett Field-based Stream
Theory and can then rent video games that are streamed to their PC through
a high-speed connection for a set rental period.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010920/sfth002_1.html
http://www.egames.com/_/egames2.htm
http://www.streamtheory.com

(North Hollywood, Calif.) The National Association of Theater Owners
(NATO) has announced that 100 percent of ticket and concession sales at
member theaters for movies screened on Tuesday, Sept. 25 will be donated
to the September 11th Fund of the United Way, and the American Red Cross.
Participating theaters for "Victims' Benefit Day at the Movies" can be
found on the organization's website.
http://www.natoonline.org

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> Mamisi Digital Media Services, Account Manager - Los Angeles

New Co. - Position requires knowledge of film/tv production process with
solid understanding of Digital Media and Business Internet Functionality.
Solid sales background with the ability to contribute/implement sales
strategies. Entrepreneurial spirit, ability to manage accounts and desire
to grow career and lead. 5+ years. Send resumes to: pmking@mamisi.com
http://www.mamisi.com
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> Bluefly, Marketing Associate - New York City

Manage marketing relationships with online companies for leading retailer
of designer fashions at outlet prices. Traffic creative to advertising
partners, as well as track and evaluate creative performance. Implement
marketing promos and customer retention programs. Assist in implementing
an affiliate program, as well as email marketing initiatives. Must have
atleast 6 months exp. in Internet advertising/marketing. Send resumes to:
marketingjobs@bluefly.com
http://www.bluefly.com
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> Roxio, Sr.-Level Business Development Position - Silicon Valley

Hey... are you a closer? Do you like to win? If you answered yes to these
questions and you are an experienced dealmaker, we have an MBA's (or
ex-lawyer's) dream job waiting for you at Roxio, Inc., the leading digital
media company.
Send resumes to: elizabeth@cruelworld.com
http://www.roxio.com
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> VentureOne, Research Assistant - San Francisco

In this entry-level position you will perform secondary research through
web browsing, review of journals and other publications, plus primary
research through direct contact with venture capital firms and start-up
companies. Update profiles of venture capital firms and start-up
companies. Review company data, proofread, and enter data. Assist in
surveys, analyses and general administrative support. College degree.
European language skills a plus. Send resumes to: jobs@ventureone.com
http://www.ventureone.com
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> Canal+ (U.S.), Sales Asst./International - Los Angeles

Assist Senior VP & Director of International Sales w/ preparation of
markets, including making appointments with clients, arranging travel,
sending sales materials, & follow-up w/ clients. Other duties include:
answering phones, expense reports, availability checks on computer system,
coordinating deal memo process with support sales office in France,
updating client database and other administrative duties. A 4-year college
degree preferred. Knowledge of French language preferred - Spanish
helpful.
Send resumes to: shuddleston@cplus-us.com
http://www.cplus-us.com

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> Digital Media Revolution in the Americas, 11/29-12/01 -- Pasadena, CA

Presented by the Institute of the Americas and Annenberg School for
Communication, this 2 1/2 day forum will include Sr. Exec. Networking w/ a
special focus on Latin Americas & U.S. Hispanic markets, copyright, rights
mgmt., dist., infrastructure, digital film, iTV, streaming, device trends,
content financing. Early-bird 40% off till 9/30. Keynote Steven Bandel,
Pres. - The Cisneros Group. Sponsors: JP Morgan, Motorola, Global
Crossing, Walt Disney Company, Digital Media Wire, Cahners International
TV, iHollywood, Motion Picture Assoc., National Assoc. of TV Prog. Exec.,
National Assoc. of Theatre owners. For more information:
martin@iamericas.org
Register at: http://www.iamericas.org/events
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> SHORTSPAN Film & Video Festival, SOUTHEAST Tour, Aug. 24 - Sept. 22

SHORT MOVIES! Dreamspan presents the 9TH Annual Short Attention Span Film & Video Festival. Shortspan is a non-stop two hour program of ALL NEW
two-minute-or-shorter films, including ultra-short documentaries like
"Peekaboo Sunday," a story about raising miniature horses or "Exotic
World," an inside look at the lives of some of America's first burlesque
performers-- and 57 more shorts! The tour will travel to 30 North American
cities. Southeastern tour dates include:

ATLANTA, GA: The Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center - August 24th - 8PM
ATHENS, GA: The Georgia Museum of Art - September 5 th - 7:30PM
ATLANTA, GA: Cinefest Theatre- September 14th and 15th - 9PM/12PM
ATHENS, GA: The Georgia Theater - September 18th - 10PM
SAVANNAH, GA: Trustee's Theater - September 20th - 9PM
GAINSVILLE, FL: The University of Florida - September 22nd

More info: http://www.dreamspan.com/shortspan
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