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DIGITAL MEDIA WIRE -- November 26, 2002
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o Judge Inclined to Compel Kazaa to Face U.S. Copyright Charges
o Sony Pictures Forms Digital Policy Lobbying Group
o Online Ad Technology Firm DoubleClick Receives Offer for Japanese Unit
o FAO's Zany Brainy Retail Stores To Stop Selling Video Games
o AOL May Start Publishing More Content From Time Inc.
o Sony, Ericsson May Put More Money Into Mobile Phone Venture
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o Judge Inclined to Compel Kazaa to Face U.S. Copyright Charges
Los Angeles -- A U.S. federal judge said he is inclined to allow Sharman
Networks, which operates the Kazaa file-sharing service, to stand trial
for copyright infringement in the U.S., according to published reports.
Sharman is registered in the island-nation of Vanuatu, operates out of
Australia and delivers content from non-U.S. servers. The company was sued
by a number of U.S. entertainment companies for copyright infringement,
and argued in court on Monday that it should not be under the jurisdiction
of U.S. courts. "I find the argument about providing the service to so
many California residents compelling, said U.S. District Court Judge
Stephen Wilson, referring to copyright holders' argument that 2 million
Kazaa users live in California, the Associated Press reported. Wilson did
not rule on Monday, but is expected to within several weeks; if the judge
rules against Sharman's foreign status in this matter, the company will be
added to an existing suit against Grokster and Streamcast Networks, two
other file-sharing services.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56565,00.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-kazaa26nov26,0,5275007
.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-971086.html?tag=cd_mh
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster
http://www.sharmannetworks.com
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o Sony Pictures Forms Digital Policy Lobbying Group
Culver City, Calif. -- Sony Pictures Entertainment on Tuesday announced
the formation of a Digital Policy Group, which will coordinate the secure
distribution of Sony digital media content across the entire company. The
new division will represent Sony Pictures' position in cross-industry
negotiations, legislative and regulatory matters. It will also review new
technologies that secure digital recording and distribution and
synchronize Sony Pictures divisions to ensure a consistent approach to
digital formats and distribution. Beth Berke, chief administrative officer
and executive vice president of Sony Pictures, was named to head the
Digital Policy Group. "We're quickly moving to a world where content is
distributed over a network of devices and through new technologies, some
of which are being created as we speak. Sony has a unique opportunity to
create strategies that permit the maximum flexibility to the consumer
electronics and computer industries, while at the same time providing the
necessary protection to our content," said Berke.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021126/latu025_1.html
http://www.sonypictures.com
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o Online Ad Technology Firm DoubleClick Receives Offer for Japanese Unit
New York -- Online advertising technology and services provider
DoubleClick announced that Japanese IT service provider Trans Cosmos has
commenced a tender offer to acquire a majority stake in DoubleClick Japan.
Upon completion of the transaction, Trans Cosmos would own about 62
percent of the voting shares in DoubleClick Japan. The Japanese unit of
New York-based DoubleClick reports annual income of about $27 million.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021125/nym103_1.html
http://www.doubleclick.com
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o FAO's Zany Brainy Retail Stores To Stop Selling Video Games
New York, N.Y. -- Claiming the video game industry is focusing on themes
too violent for its young customers, New York-based toy retailer FAO Inc.
said on Tuesday that its Zany Brainy subsidiary would no longer stock
video games in its 170 stores. Video games make up only about 3 percent of
Zany Brainy's sales, and the company said sales had not grown to reach
company goals.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021126/ap_on_bi_ge/zany_brainy_1f
http://www.zanybrainy.com
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o AOL May Start Publishing More Content From Time Inc.
Dulles, Va. -- AOL Time Warner executives are expected to discuss this
week a potential content arrangement under which Time Inc.'s magazine
content would be made available exclusively on American Online. Time
Inc.'s publications include Time, Sports Illustrated, People and Fortune.
The content deal could boost America Online's Internet division and help
bring in more subscribers. Currently, much of the content is available for
free on various websites.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/021125/america_online_time_inc_1.html
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o Sony, Ericsson May Put More Money Into Mobile Phone Venture
Tokyo -- Sony said on Tuesday that it is talking with Sweden's Ericsson
about putting more money into their money-losing Sony Ericsson Mobile
Comunications joint venture. On Monday, Ericsson CFO Sten Fornell told an
investor meeting in New York that Ericsson may discontinue financing the
venture, capitalized at $500 million, unless it become profitable.
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Briefly Noted:
(Somers, N.Y.) IBM announced on Tuesday that the National Geographic
Society is using its software to digitize more than 10,000 of its images
to make them available for commercial use. Advertising agencies, corporate
marketing departments and international publishers will be able to view,
purchase and download images directly from the new website. Initially the
site will house 10,000 of National Geographic's library of 10 million
images, with around 3,000 new images to be added each year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/021126/049112.html
http://www.ngsimages.com
(Santa Clara, Calif.) Roxio, a provider of CD and DVD burning software,
announced on Tuesday that its VideoWave Movie Creator video editing and
DVD burning software will now be included in the "Movie Studio" bundle
that PC maker Dell offers with its Dimension desktop PCs and Inspiron
notebook computers. PCs with the software will ship for the current
holiday season. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Roxio recently bid $5.3 million
to acquire the assets of bankrupt file-sharing service Napster.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021126/sftu008_1.html
http://www.roxio.com
(Los Angeles) Tonos Entertainment, an online community for aspiring
songwriters, announced on Tuesday the launch of its "Write A Song For Cher
Contest," exclusively for AOL members, on AOL Music. The winner will
co-write a song with Cher and Tonos.com principals and acclaimed
songwriters David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager. The winning submission
will be recorded by Cher and may be released as part of an upcoming album.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/021126/262101_1.html
http://www.tonos.com
(San Francisco) Gigex, a provider of online broadband video game demos,
said on Tuesday that it has partnered with The Excite Network to offer its
Top 50 Xbox, PC, PlayStation 2 and other game previews to users of the
iWon.com and Excite.com portals. "Gigex offers a reliable service that
increases our network's appeal to an important demographic of 15-35 year
old game enthusiasts," said Excite Network vice president of content Mike
Primiani.
http://www.gigex.com
http://games.excite.com/index.html
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Game developer THQ on Tuesday announced the
release of "Rugrats Royal Ransom" for PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube.
The titles are the eighteenth and nineteenth games created as part of the
company's license with children's TV network Nickelodeon.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/021126/260106_1.html
http://thq.com
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/rugrats/index.jhtml
(New York) The New York Times recently reported on a Dutch TV movie
entitled "Necrocam," about a group of friends that pledge to install an
Internet-connected webcam into the coffin of the first of them to die,
"making her virtually immortal." The movie is now available on the Web. On
whether such a webcam could be installed into a coffin in the U.S., Robert
Fells, general counsel for the Virginia-based International Cemetery and
Funeral Association, told The Times: "People have always had strange ideas
-- either for laughs, or morbid humor or just bizarre thinking -- of how
they would like the ultimate final disposition of their remains, only to
be overruled either by family members or legal authorities. This just
sounds like a high-tech version of that."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/arts/television/25ARTS.html
http://www.omroep.nl/vara/necrocam
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