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o Sega
Sues Fellow Game Developer Electronic Arts, Fox Over "Simpsons"
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Japanese Games Firm Sammy Buys Majority Interest in Sega
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Coca-Cola, OD2 to Launch U.K. Music Download Store Next Month
o Yahoo
Launches Premium Content Service for Broadband Subscribers
o EarthLink Offers Co-Branded
Music Download Service with Musicmatch
o Report: Over 1 Million E-Books
Sold So Far in 2003
o SBC to Market Yahoo-Branded
DSL Service at 2,000 Retail Stores
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o Sega Sues Fellow Game Developer
Electronic Arts, Fox Over "Simpsons" Title Redwood City, Calif. --
A new lawsuit filed in San Francisco claims that video game
developer Electronic Arts and Fox Entertainment infringed on a
patent when they jointly released a video game based on "The
Simpsons" two years ago, Reuters reported. Sega of America claims
that the 2001 game "Simpsons Road Rage," was intended to
"deliberately copy and imitate" the Sega game "Crazy Taxi." Sega
pointed to published reviews of the EA game that demonstrate its
similarities to "Crazy Taxi." One independent review, in fact,
called "Simpsons Road Rage" a "shameless incident of design
burglary." Sega is seeking damages and a court order to stop the
sale or import of EA's game.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/031204/media_sega_1.html
http://www.ea.com
http://www.sega.com
http://www.simpsonsroadrage.com
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o Japanese
Games Firm Sammy Buys Majority Interest in Sega
Carlsbad, Calif. -- Sammy Studios, the U.S. arm of the Japanese
video and pinball game manufacturer, announced on Monday that it has
purchased additional shares of fellow game developer Sega, and now
holds a 22.4% majority interest in the company. Earlier this year,
Sammy was one of several companies to enter into negotiations to
acquire Sega, but that deal fell through. "Sammy is a strong company
financially and is looking to pursue strategic investment
opportunities," said Sammy Holding Company president John Rowe. "Now
that we have taken yet another step toward becoming a global force
in entertainment, we look forward to finding mutually beneficial
ways to work with Sega."
http://www.sega.com
http://www.sammystudios.com
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o Coca-Cola,
OD2 to Launch U.K. Music Download Store Next Month
London -- Soft drink giant Coca-Cola has partnered with U.K.
digital music distributor OD2 to launch a music download service in
England next month, Reuters reported on Monday. The company did not
announce pricing for the service, which will offer around 250,000
from all five major record labels to residents of the U.K. Coke
rival Pepsi has also announced plans to enter the legitimate
download market, having partnered with Apple's iTunes Store to place
100 million free song download promotions under the caps of its soft
drinks in the U.S.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?P25D320C6
http://www.od2.com
http://www.mycokemusic.com
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o Yahoo
Launches Premium Content Service for Broadband Subscribers
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Yahoo on Monday announced a new premium content
subscription service for high-speed Internet subscribers, which will
be offered for an additional $5.95 per month. The Yahoo Plus service
is intended to compete with similar, higher-priced offerings like
AOL for Broadband, which offers subscribers to any ISP the features
of AOL for an additional fee. In addition to email accounts and
firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam and pop-up blocking software, Yahoo
Plus will offer subscribers access to the LAUNCHcast Premium
streaming music service, an online games tournament service, and
"premium video content from leading news and entertainment sources."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031208/85331_1.html
http://plus.yahoo.com
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o EarthLink
Offers Co-Branded Music Download Service with Musicmatch
Atlanta -- Internet service provider EarthLink announced on Monday
the launch of a co-branded digital music download store with San
Diego-based Musicmatch, a provider of music jukebox software and
subscription services. In addition to the download service, which
will offer 350,000 songs for $0.99 each, EarthLink will offer its
subscribers Musicmatch's premium jukebox software for $19.99, as
well as access to co-branded versions of the company's other
streaming music subscription services. Musicmatch's jukebox software
will now also be bundled with EarthLink's 2004 Internet access
CD-ROM discs.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031208/clf055_2.html
http://www.musicmatch.com
http://www.earthlink.net/extras
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o Report: Over
1 Million E-Books Sold So Far in 2003
New York -- The Open eBook Forum, an e-book industry trade group
made up of publishers, retailers and e-book technology firms,
announced on Monday that total e-book sales for the year 2003 have
surpassed 1 million, and are up 64% over comparable sales after the
third quarter of 2002. Revenues generated by e-book retailers during
the third quarter were $2.6 million, a 37% increase over the $1.9
million reported during the same period last year. "These figures
are particularly significant in light of the departure of e-book
sales by Gemstar and Barnesandnoble.com," said Open eBook Forum
executive director Nick Bogaty. "Double digit growth shows the
strength of this industry and e-books represent one of the fastest
growing segments in all of publishing."
http://www.openebook.org/pressroom/pressreleases/q303stats.htm
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o SBC to Market
Yahoo-Branded DSL Service at 2,000 Retail Stores
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Trying to grow its market share in the
high-speed Internet segment, SBC Communications said that it has
struck deals with several major retailers to make its joint DSL
offering with Yahoo available at more than 2,000 stores across the
company's 13-state operating region. Under the deal, chains such as
Best Buy, RadioShack, Cingular Wireless and Gateway will sell the
service. The service is also available at Staples and Micro Center
stores through an agreement with GetConnected, as well as at Sam's
Club, OfficeMax, BJ's Wholesale Club, Menards, Kmart and Super Kmart
through an agreement with Wireless Retail.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031204/45191_1.html
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o Briefly Noted: (Universal
City, Calif.) PayPal, a provider of online payment solutions and
unit of eBay, announced on Monday a new scale of micropayment
processing fees for high volume online digital music companies. The
new fees will allow these merchants to process payments at a rate of
2.5% plus $0.09 for each transaction. PayPal said the reduced fixed
fee represents a 30-50% savings compared to the industry's current
payment processing rates of approximately 2% plus $0.20-$0.30.
http://www.paypal.com
(Redmond, Wash.) Microsoft on Monday announced that it partnered
with wireless network operator AT&T Wireless to launch the Windows
Mobile Start Service, for AT&T Wireless customers with the Motorola
MPx200 cell phone handset. The service, which runs on Microsoft's
Windows Mobile software, will let subscribers set up their cell
phones so they may access Outlook email, as well as download free
ringtones, screensavers and mobile games.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031208/sfm058_1.html
http://www.attwireless.com/smartphone
(Milwaukee, Wisc.) Napster, a unit of Roxio, announced on Monday
a promotional partnership with Miller Brewing Company that will
include giveaways of Samsung Napster portable music players and $50
in music credits on Napster. The two-month campaign, which includes
promotions in bars and liquor stores, will kick off in June 2004 as
a part of Rolling Stone magazine's "celebration of 50 years of Rock
and Roll."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031208/cgm023_1.html
http://www.millerbrewing.com
http://www.napster.com
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Video game publisher THQ announced on
Monday that its Illinois-based Volition studio is currently
developing "The Punisher" for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, based on the
classic Marvel comic book. A feature film of the same name starring
Thomas Jane, John Travolta and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos is scheduled
for release in April 2004. Calabasas Hills, Calif.-based THQ said
the game titles would be released in the fall of 2004.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031208/85442_1.html
http://www.volition-inc.com
http://www.marvel.com/bios/bios.htm?id=22&family=MARVEL+HEROES
(New York) Rockstar Games, a unit of video game publisher
Take-Two Interactive, announced on Monday that it will ship its
"Grand Theft Auto Double Pack" for Xbox to European retailers on
Jan. 2, 2004. The title contains both the company's "Grand Theft
Auto 3" and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" games.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031208/85241_1.html
http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto
(Helsinki) Wireless developer Nokia announced on Monday that it
will release "Operation Shadow," the company's second self-published
game title for its N-Gage hybrid cell phone/handheld video game
device, in the first half of 2004. The 3D title, which features
multiplayer support for up to four players via Bluetooth wireless
technology, is currently being developed at Melbourne-based Torus
Games.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031208/75067_1.html
http://www.torus.com.au
(Sunnyvale, Calif.) Capcom Entertainment, the U.S. arm of the
Japanese video game developer, has announced the release of its
"Gotcha Force" title for Nintendo GameCube, as well as a PC version
of the PlayStation 2 title, "Chaos Legion."
http://www.capcom.com/news/news.xpml?prid=450108
http://www.capcom.com/news/news.xpml?prid=450109
(Foster City, Calif.) Equinix, a provider of data centers and
Internet exchange services, announced on Monday that Korean online
game developer NCSoft will use its network infrastructure to support
its online games. As part of the agreement, the traffic on NCSoft
Austin's game servers will be transferred to Equinix's equipment in
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. NCSoft's game titles including
"Lineage," "City of Heroes" and "Gameting."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/031208/85286_1.html
http://www.ncsoft.net/eng/index.asp
http://www.equinix.com
(Zug, Switzerland) Video compression software firm Anno 2003 on
Monday announced the launch of Payshare, its peer-to-peer content
distribution service offering licensed content for download.
Purchasers of content on Payshare have the option to become
"co-publishers," meaning they will themselves serve as
re-distributors of the content in exchange for a percentage of
profits from future sales, as determined by the original content
owner.
http://www.anno2003.com
http://www.payshare.net/news
(Leeds, England) U.K.-based game developer Mobius Entertainment
announced that it has acquired fellow game developer Spellbound Ltd.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Both
companies specialize in the development of game titles for
Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld, and the merged company plans
to focus on that platform as well as Sony's new entry into the
handheld gaming market, the PSP.
http://www.mobiusent.com
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