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To: Starlight who wrote (5345)	6/7/1999 3:51:00 AM
From: Savant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

Digital watermarking showdown between ARIS and Blue Spike By Junko Yoshida EE Times (06/03/99, 7:49 p.m. EDT) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The industry group composed of IBM, Intel, Matsushita Electric and Toshiba, working with record companies on a content-protection framework for DVD-Audio, is expected to pick a digital-watermarking technology at a June 11 meeting. Sources familiar with the talks told EE Times that the group, commonly called the 4Cs, is expected to choose one of two competing technologies: One developed by ARIS Technologies (Cambridge, Mass.), and the other from Blue Spike, Inc. (Miami, Fla.). Both are said to hold essential patents as well as robust watermarking technologies. In the past several weeks, the group has been conducting a second round of testing on digital watermarking technologies proposed by ARIS, Blue Spike, Cognicity (Minneapolis) and Solana Technology Development Corp. (San Diego, Calif.) in addition to the one submitted by IBM. Although the group's activity is solely focused on DVD-Audio, many industry sources believe the watermarking decision made within the DVD-Audio group will set the tone for what Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) decides for its copy-protection mechanism. Record labels see watermarking as a crucial piece of the copy protection system, whether their music is released over the Internet or on DVD-Audio. One senior executive at a California-based record label said, "Sooner or later, any encryption system can be broken. We need watermarking technologies to tell us who did it." One resource for digital watermarking references can be found at the University of Cambridge's site. Best, Savant

To: Starlight who wrote (5345)	6/7/1999 5:10:00 AM
From: R. Bond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

>>He expressed several times that he was concerned about copyright protection and not getting paid royalties for his songs......<< I should think so!! Not only every professional songwriter, but every music publishing company is very worried about that. If you were hoping to make your living from songwriting, the thought of MP3 and free downloading is like turning your 'career' into a hobby. As if things weren't hard enough already. AND if you were in charge of a music publishing company (where a big chunk of the money goes) you would have a serious fire under your b*tt to get this thing done, pronto (at least for the music business). I'm talking about Warner, Sony, BMG, and other corporate publishers. That will be Question Number One from the head office to all heads of publishing until it's done. Bottom line stuff. Also, ASCAP and BMI will be lobbying strenuously for copyright protection in Congress, etc. Who will be first to market and able to secure market share for their system? That's the big question here, IMHO. Good luck, Bond