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To: Klingerg who wrote (8595)	8/4/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: Klingerg	Respond to of 11417

More on SDMI and WAVX from RB... By: JLD Reply To: None Wednesday, 4 Aug 1999 at 8:03 PM EDT Post # of 59893 Wave Systems and SDMI Part I Although the issue of Wave Systems involvement with SDMI has been discussed before, and most of us longs believe Wave will be a player in the distribution and rights management of MP3 files, I still get the impression that many people don't fully comprehend the significance of the SDMI initiative and its potential impact on Wave. There is a very interesting article in the 26 July issue of Infoworld magazine (hardcopy) which may shed some light on this. The article is titled "Will the new standard for the music industry signal big changes for PC software makers?". the article is written by Brian Livingston who basically took a very close look at the SDMI guidebook and specifications. Although Wave is not mentioned in the article, what impressed me most are two quotes that Mr. Livingston copied from the SDMI specifications. The first is that SDMI relies on a hardware solution. Each SDMI compliant player must contain read-only code that respects "rules" embeded within digital audio. The second comes from the SDMI guidebook which says that this can lead to new business models for musicians: "try-before-you-buy, listening rights for a certain period of time, subscriptions, rent-to-own, etc." Ladies and gentlemen, doesn't this sound a little bit familiar? This is the EMBASSY specification and business model. Mr. Livingston further stated that this business model is what the many PC software publishers and share-ware authors have tried or wanted for years. To me, what Mr. Livingston describes sounds alot like Wave Direct and MyPublish. I have emailed Mr. Livingston some comments to that effect (he was looking for comments on his article for inclusion in a future article). The full text of the SDMI specification can be found at www.sdmi.org. Under public information there is a five page "Guide to SDMI" and a 35 page "SDMI Portable Device Specification." If any of the more technically inclined posters on this thread have read the specification, I would appreciate your comments regarding Wave's compliance with it. TIA