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Apple: iTunes for Windows Gets 1 Million Downloads; 1 Million Songs
Sold
o Court
Rules Local Radio Stations Must Pay to Stream Songs Online
o U.K.
Set to Adopt Controversial Copyright Law
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Movielink, Terra Lycos Partner on Co-Branded Version of VOD Service
o Yahoo's Overture Extends
Search Deal with Microsoft in the U.S., U.K.
o French Court Fines Google for
Trademark Violation
> DMW Announcements:
--Future of Television Forum, NYC -
Confirmed Speakers
--DMW Publications > Featured
Advertisement:
--The Micropayments Conference | NYC | Nov. 3
--Executive Seminars | Multimedia & Broadband Services in the
Home
--New Report Urges Recording Industry to Give Music Away for
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Briefly Noted: Mforma Group -
Tecmo Mobile - Activision, Sorrent - Greg Ballard, Vindigo Studios -
WireImage, Midway Games - "Super Duper Sumos," Taito, Thumbworks,
Glencom Entertainment, Sumea, Virgin Megastores - MusiKube Personal
Music Guide
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Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds:
--Apple Seminars, Training and Events
--Tech Transfer 2003 - October 29, Ritz-Carlton, McLean, VA
--HireStrategy - Accounting Supervisor
--BrainMedia, LLC, Product Manager - Northern Virginia
--Technical Writer
--New Low-Cost Sales & Lead Generation Program for
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o Apple: iTunes for Windows Gets 1
Million Downloads; 1 Million Songs Sold Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple
announced on Monday that, since launching a Windows version of its
iTunes software and Music Store last Thursday, the software has been
downloaded over one million times, and the download store has sold
over one million songs. "iTunes users have purchased over one
million songs in the first three and a half days since our launch
last Thursday, which compares with one million songs in the first
seven days when we introduced the original iTunes for Mac users last
April," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "We're off to a great start, and
our competition isn't even out of the starting gates yet." Apple
said that its iTunes Store has now sold over 14 million songs total
since its launch in April.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031020/sfm099_1.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5093454.html
http://www.apple.com/music/store
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o Court Rules
Local Radio Stations Must Pay to Stream Songs Online
Philadelphia -- The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in
Philadelphia has upheld a lower court's finding that local radio
stations that stream music over the Internet are subject to
copyright fees payable to record companies and performing artists.
The broadcast radio stations had argued that since they already pay
over $300 million in annual fees to performing rights organizations
such as ASCAP and BMI for the rights to play songs on traditional
radio, those payments should also cover the use of the songs on the
stations' Internet simulcasts. "NAB disagrees with the court
opinion, which we believe serves to stifle efforts by hometown radio
stations to better serve listeners. We will be exploring all of our
legal and legislative options to overturn this decision, which we
believe misinterprets the intent of Congress," said Dennis Wharton,
senior vice president of corporate communications for the National
Association of Broadcasters.
http://www.nab.org
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o U.K. Set to
Adopt Controversial Copyright Law
London -- According to industry experts, the U.K. is expected to
adopt a controversial EU copyright law -- designed to curb music,
film and software piracy -- some time later this month. The law,
deemed the EU Copyright Directive, is in many ways similar to the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the U.S. Several consumer
advocacy groups on both sides of the Atlantic have opposed both
laws, claiming that the directives go too far and infringe on
consumer freedom. The music industry, however, claim just the
opposite, arguing that the laws are toothless and too weak to stop
piracy.
http://www.eurorights.org/eudmca/CopyrightDirective.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/20/business/worldbusiness/20lobby.html
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o Movielink,
Terra Lycos Partner on Co-Branded Version of VOD Service
Santa Monica, Calif. -- Movielink, an Internet video-on-demand (VOD)
joint venture between a number of Hollywood movie studios, announced
on Monday that it has partnered with global Internet portal Terra
Lycos to launch a co-branded version of the service. Santa Monica,
Calif.-based Movielink said the service will be available only to
U.S. Lycos users. Movielink has created similar co-branded versions
of its service with Time Warner Cable's Road Runner, Hollywood.com
and The Feed Room.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031020/lam019_1.html
http://lycos.movielink.com
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o Yahoo's
Overture Extends Search Deal with Microsoft in the U.S., U.K.
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Overture Services, a provider of commercial
search services recently acquired by Sunnyvale-based Yahoo, said on
Friday that it has extended its search distribution relationship
with Microsoft in the U.S. and U.K. through June 2005. Under the
terms of the new deal, users of MSN Search in the two countries will
receive Overture's paid placement search results. The agreement also
allows for the companies to potentially expand into additional
countries. Overture's search listings are generated by the company's
more than 100,000 advertisers who bid for placement on keywords
relevant to their business.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031017/175199_1.html
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o French Court
Fines Google for Trademark Violation
Paris -- A French court ruled this week that Google France must pay
a 70,000-euro ($81,000) fine after it permitted advertisers to link
their text notices with trademarked search names. Two French travel
agencies -- Luteciel and Viaticum -- sued Google last December after
the company refused to stop the use of the words "bourse des vols"
and "bourse des voyages," which translate as "travel market" and
"air-flight market," respectively, and for which the agencies had
claimed intellectual property rights. Google declined to comment on
the case, saying only that it would appeal the decision.
http://www.google.fr/intl/fr/about.html
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> DMW Events:
Future of Television Forum
November 21, 2003
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New York City
www.televisionconference.com
Digital Media Wire & NYU's Stern School of Business
are proud to present one of the premier television industry
events of the year, featuring following confirmed speakers:
Keynote
Speakers
Joshua Sapan - President & CEO, Rainbow Media
Holdings, Inc.
Mark Cuban - Chairman, HDNet, Owner, Dallas
Mavericks
David Zaslav - President, NBC Cable
Panelists
Jeff Bader - EVP, Program Planning, Scheduling & Synergy,
ABC
Dan Harrison - VP, Strategic Programming, Bravo
Entertainment, NBC
David Poltrack - EVP, Research & Planning, CBS
Jeff Branman - President, Interactive Technology Partners
(QVC & Comcast)
Greg DePrez - VP, Subscription Video-on-Demand, Starz
Encore Group
John Roberts - SVP, Interactive Online, Game Show
Network
Jack Myers - Media Economist & Commentator, Jack Myers
Report
Richard Hofstetter - Partner, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein &
Selz, PC
Al Lieberman - Exec. Dir., EMT Program, NYU Stern
School of Business
Ned Sherman - Co-Founder & CEO, Digital Media Wire
Bruce Leichtman - Pres. & Principal Analyst, Leichtman
Research Group
Paul Sherman - Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Potomac
Tech Wire
Scott Fedewa - COO & Executive Producer,
BillOReilly.com
Lydia Loizides - Senior Analyst, Jupiter Research
Debby Mullin - VP, New Media/Advertising Sales, Cox
Communications
Kevin Carton
- Global Leader,
Entertainment & Media Practice,
PWC
Rich Battista - EVP, Bus. Dev., Fox Broadcasting & Fox
Cable (tentative)
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> New Report Urges
Recording Industry to Give Music Away for Free
In response to the
growing legal campaign against music piracy, Parks Associates
today issued a free white paper calling on the recording industry
to change tactics. The paper, Thinking Outside the Disc,
recommends fighting digital piracy by exploring new business
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o Briefly Noted: (Kirkland,
Wash.) Wireless game publisher Mforma Group announced on Monday
deals with two game developers to adapt their titles for cell
phones. Under an agreement with Tecmo Mobile, the wireless unit of
the Japanese game developer, Mforma will publish versions of a
number of Tecmo titles, including the five million-selling "Tecmo
Bowl," during the current quarter. Kirkland, Wash.-based Mforma will
also publish wireless versions of publisher Activision's "True
Crime: Streets of L.A." and "Call of Duty."
http://www.mforma.com
http://www.tecmoinc.com
http://www.activision.com
(San Mateo, Calif.) Sorrent, a publisher of wireless games,
announced on Monday that it has named former Sonicblue chief
executive Greg Ballard as the company's new CEO. The company also
released its Mobile Persona software, which allows users to create a
digital character that earns skills and builds experience that can
be applied to all Sorrent multiplayer games. The first compatible
titles will be Sorrent's "FOX Sports Racing" and "FOX Sports
Boxing;" the company also plans to release 10 new Mobile Persona
titles in 2004.
http://sorrent.com/company/press/pr_031020a.jsp
http://mp.sorrent.com
(New York) Vindigo Studios, a publisher of wireless information
and entertainment services, said on Monday that it has partnered
with WireImage, a digital photographic press agency and wire service
for the media. New York-based Vindigo will create WireImage
subscription services and deliver the company's photos of news and
events to U.S. mobile users.
http://www.vindigostudios.com
http://www.wireimage.com
(Chicago) Game developer Midway Games on Monday shipped its
"Super Duper Sumos" title for Nintendo Game Boy Advance to U.S.
retailers. The game is based on the popular U.K. animated children's
TV series of the same name from the DIC Kid's Network.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031020/205363_1.html
http://www.midway.com
http://www.superdupersumos.com
(Tokyo) Japanese game developer Taito said on Monday that it has
signed an agreement to publish titles for Qualcomm's BREW platform
for wireless devices. Taito games including "Space Invaders," "Arkanoid,"
"Puzzle Bobble" and "Qix" will soon become available for owners of
BREW-enabled cell phones.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031020/lam015a_1.html
http://www.taito.co.jp
(Las Vegas) Wireless game publisher Thumbworks said on Monday
that it signed an agreement with Qualcomm to publish game titles
from international developers for the company's BREW platform for
wireless devices. Tustin, Calif.-based Thumbworks will also publish
several of its own titles for BREW, including "Babe Ruth Bashball,"
"Jeep Off-road Jam," "School of Rock Audition," "Element Surfing by
Honda," "Snow Shredder," "Leapfrog Bob," "PIPES" and "Dragon
Flight."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031020/lam090_1.html
http://www.thumbworks.com
(Las Vegas) Glencom Entertainment, a wireless entertainment
developer, announced on Monday that it partnered with the Zanies
chain of comedy clubs to develop a wireless comedy application for
Qualcomm's BREW platform for wireless devices. The Zanies Wireless
service will enable users to hear stand-up routines performed by
comedians at Zanies venues.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031020/lam016_1.html
http://www.zanies.com
http://www.glencominc.com
(Las Vegas) Helsinki, Finland-based Sumea, a developer of
wireless games, announced on Monday that it has published versions
of its "Yo-Yo Fighter," "Fantasy Warrior" and "Racing Fever 2"
titles for Qualcomm's BREW platform for wireless devices.
http://www.sumea.com
(New York) MusiKube announced on Monday that music retailer
Virgin Megastores will test the Personal Music Guide, a portable
wireless "music discovery solution," at its Union Square store in
New York. The MusiKube device uses a customized HP iPAQ handheld
with Wi-Fi connectivity and lets shoppers access MusiKube's
Encyclomedia database of two million song samples, album reviews and
related content. Shoppers can carry the device around the store and
listen to tracks from any CD by scanning its barcode.
http://www.virginmega.com
http://www.musikube.com
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