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o Court Rules Universal's Farmclub.com Liable for Copyright Infringement
o EarthLink Cable Modem Service Launches On Time Warner Systems
o Appeals Court Overturns VoyeurDorm.com Ruling; Site Can Stay in Tampa
o Analyst Firm Jupiter Planning Major Layoffs
o Wireless Games Firm Digital Bridges Raises $18 Million, Names New CEO
o Content Delivery Firm Loudeye Acquires Activate from CMGI
o Stream Theory Gets Investment from Japanese Electronics Firm
o Publisher Ziff-Davis Names New CEO, Chairman
> DMW Panel Discussion: Microsoft vs. AOL | FRIDAY | Los Angeles
> DMW Panel Discussion: The State of Wireless | Oct. 10 | San Francisco
o Briefly Noted: Sega - Qualcomm, Quick Time Live 2001, The Vendare Group
- FoxSports.com, E! Online - EarthLink, MP3.com - Digital Island, Carole
King
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o Court Rules Universal's Farmclub.com Liable for Copyright Infringement

New York -- A federal court ruling on Wednesday could make Universal Music
Group liable for damages to songwriters and music publishers relating to
its Farmclub.com, a site that let users stream songs from Universal
artists on-demand. Plaintiffs including the Rodgers and Hammerstein
Organization were granted a partial motion for summary judgment against
UMG, which has since shut down the Farmclub.com service in favor of its
GetMusic site, which does not offer streaming music on-demand.
http://www.nmpa.org/legal/Scanned_.pdf
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o EarthLink Cable Modem Service Launches On Time Warner Systems

Atlanta -- EarthLink, a provider of Internet access services, has launched
a high-speed, cable modem-based Internet access services on Time Warner
Cable systems in Columbus, Ohio and Syracuse, New York. Federal regulators
told Time Warner and AOL that a competitor's service must launch before
their own on Time Warner's cable service as part of their approval of the
AOL Time Warner merger. Atlanta-based EarthLink said it will also launch
high-speed services on Time Warner Cable lines in Tampa, Florida and
Raleigh, North Carolina in October, and in a "substantial number" of Time
Warner Cable-services areas by the end of the year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010926/260344_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010926/260323_1.html
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o Appeals Court Overturns VoyeurDorm.com Ruling; Site Can Stay in Tampa

Tampa, Fla. -- The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled 3-0 that adult
entertainment site VoyeurDorm.com does not violate zoning laws in the city
of Tampa, and can continue to operate its site that lets viewers observe
coeds living in a house equipped with webcams in a residential
neighborhood. Previously, site operator Entertainment Network, Inc. sued
the city in federal court in an attempt to establish its legality but lost
that case. The higher court's ruling establishes a precedent that such
webcam sites technically operate on the Internet, and not in their
physical locations. "The audience or consumers of the adult entertainment
do not go to [the dorm] or congregate anywhere else in Tampa to enjoy the
entertainment," the 11th Circuit wrote in its ruling. "Indeed, the public
offering occurs over the internet in 'virtual space.'" Entertainment
Network lost an earlier court battle to try to obtain the rights to
webcast the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
http://www.prnmedia.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=107&STORY=/www/story/09-22-2001/0001576995&EDATE=
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47104,00.html
http://www.entertainmentnetwork.com
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o Analyst Firm Jupiter Planning Major Layoffs

New York -- Reuters cited "sources familiar with the situation" on
Wednesday as saying that Internet measurement and analyst firm Jupiter
Media Metrix plans to lay off up to one-third of its 600 employees
worldwide. The layoffs will purportedly affect employees in Jupiter's
operations in New York, San Francisco, Europe, Japan and Brazil. A Jupiter
spokeswoman confirmed that the company is planning a reorganization, but
did not give further details. The company laid off 18 percent of its staff
in April.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7301837.html?tag=cd_mh
http://www.jmm.com
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o Wireless Games Firm Digital Bridges Raises $18 Million, Names New CEO

Edinburgh, Scotland -- Digital Bridges, a developer of wireless games,
announced on Wednesday that previous investors Apax Partners Funds and
Argo II have invested an additional $18 million in the company. The
company also announced that it has appointed Brian Greasley as its new
CEO. Previously, Greasley founded wireless portal Genie Internet.
Scotland-based Digital Bridges, which provides ring tones, characters and
logos for cell phones in addition to games, plans to use the funds for
expansion.
http://www.digitalbridges.com
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o Content Delivery Firm Loudeye Acquires Activate from CMGI

Seattle -- Loudeye Technologies, a provider of streaming delivery
technology for digital media, announced that it has acquired Activate, a
provider of live and on-demand corporate webcasting services, from
struggling incubator CMGI for $4 million. Seattle-based Loudeye said it
plans to consolidate its digital media services, music samples and Loudeye
Radio business units into Activate Grand Central, Activate's digital media
broadcast facility. "This acquisition will significantly strengthen and
diversify Loudeye's revenue mix and increase future earnings potential by
accessing existing corporate budgets for training, product marketing,
sales support, corporate communications, customer service, public
relations and travel," said Loudeye CEO John T. Barker.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010925/sftu109_1.html
http://www.activate.com
http://www.loudeye.com
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o Stream Theory Gets Investment from Japanese Electronics Firm

Santa Clara, Calif. -- Stream Theory, a provider of streaming distribution
for games and other software, announced that Nissho Electronics
Corporation of Japan will re-sell the company's software and services in
Japan. In addition, Nissho has made an undisclosed strategic investment in
the company. Santa Clara-based Stream Theory's technology provides game
developers and publishers with a means to distribute their products via
subscriptions, where players download the Stream Theory player and then
pay for each successive level of a video game.
http://www.streamtheory.com/news/pressreleases/prelease092501.html
http://www.tradepia.or.jp/nelco/e-index.html
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o Publisher Ziff-Davis Names New CEO, Chairman

New York -- Ziff-Davis Media, a publisher of technology related magazines
and sites including ZDNet, announced that it has appointed former ABC
Broadcast Group president Robert F. Callahan as its new CEO, president and
chairman. Callahan replaces Avy Stein, who served as acting chairman and
CEO of New York-based Ziff-Davis since August. Stein will remain with the
company on its board of directors.
http://www.ziffdavis.com/news/default.htm
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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:
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MODERATOR:
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Co-founder of the 'pho' list

SPEAKERS:
Sonia Arrison - Director, Center for Technology Studies | Pacific Research
Mark Frauenfelder - Editor | WIRED
Jon Goodman - Executive Director | EC2 Incubator Project @ USC
Karl Ryser - Chief Financial Officer | Vidyah
Dave Wilson - Technology Columnist | Los Angeles Times

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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:
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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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o Briefly Noted:

(Tokyo) Game developer Sega announced on Wednesday that it will develop
games for wireless devices based on Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment
for Wireless (BREW) platform for programs that run on cell phones and
other wireless devices. "There is a major market for wireless gaming in
Japan and we expect to see a similar trend in the United States," said
Ryoichi Shiratsuchi, director of Mobile Communications Division, Sega
Corporation. The company is also developing games for handheld devices
manufactured by Palm and Compaq. In Japan, Sega develops Java-based games
for Motorola's IDen, NTT DoCoMo's IMode and J-Phone's J-Sky phones.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/212690607&ticker=qcom

(Cupertino, Calif.) Apple announced on Wednesday that it is postponing
Quick Time Live 2001, its conference devoted to its streaming video and
audio software. The event, originally scheduled for October 8-11, 2001 in
Los Angeles, will now be held February 10-14, 2002 at the same venue.
"Many QuickTime developers and customers asked us to reschedule QuickTime
Live to a less stressful time," said Philip Schiller, Apple's vice
president of worldwide product marketing.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010926/sfw055_1.html

(Pasadena, Calif.) The Vendare Group, a provider of targeted marketing
through online games, announced that it will furnish all fantasy sports
game content to FoxSports.com, the website for the Fox Sports Network. The
two-year agreement calls for Vendare to provide Fox with daily, weekly and
seasonal fantasy games for Major League Baseball, NFL football, and other
team and individual professional sports. Pasadena-based Vendare Group
licenses fantasy games through its subsidiary SportSkill, and operates the
games site JackpotSports.com.
http://www.vendaregroup.com
http://www.foxsports.com

(Los Angeles) Entertainment site E! Online said on Wednesday that it will
provide entertainment-related content for Internet access provider
EarthLink, which will appear on EarthLink users' personal start pages. The
two companies will also collaborate on promoting E! Online's entertainment
content across a number of EarthLink properties.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010925/latu101_1.html
http://www.eonline.com

(San Francisco) Content delivery network Digital Island said on Wednesday
that digital music distributor MP3.com, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal,
will use its services to geographically target advertisements to MP3.com's
users. The technology can determine where a user is located when they
enter a search term into San Diego-based MP3.com's music search engine.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010926/260143_1.html
http://www.digitalisland.com

(Los Angeles) Singer/songwriter Carole King is offering a free track from
her new album on her recently launched site, CaroleKing.com. The album is
being released on her own record label, Rockingale Records. The site also
features a link to a streaming version of the entire album that can be
emailed, and in the future will offer demos and previously unreleased
tracks.
http://www.caroleking.com

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> FierceMarkets, Ad Sales Manager - Washington, DC

Fast-growing online publisher seeks smart, creative self-starters to drive
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with at least two years of experience. Come join the fun! Send resumes to
jeff@fiercemarkets.com
http://www.fiercemarkets.com
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> American Express Publishing, Online Editor - New York City

Leading travel magazine seeks an Online Editor responsible for all site
production, in addition to editing, writing and proofreading copy for
various areas of the site; working with magazine editors to create
customized online content; writing a weekly newsletter; scheduling and
conducting online chats with writers and editors; planning ways to enhance
site design & architecture, increasing traffic, facilitating e-commerce
and improving user experience. Send resumes to angelaaexp@aol.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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> 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
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