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To: $Mogul who wrote (8427)	11/11/1999 10:51:00 PM
From: chris431	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

Microsoft Tries to Secure Music Wired News Report wired.com 2:10 p.m. 10.Nov.1999 PST Microsoft has again immersed itself in the murky waters of securing digital music in an effort to keep music out of the hands of pirates. The Windows Media Device Manager (WMDM) is software that can be added to music players and hardware devices to allow content to be securely downloaded and transferred to portable players. The new security software also provides links to digital rights management systems, such as Reciprocal, which manages copyright restrictions for files distributed on the Net. According to Microsoft, the WMDM software can be used to develop products that will be compatible with the Secure Digital Music Initiative, the recording industry's sought-after standard for protecting content from being illegally copied. In addition to Microsoft's own Windows Media Audio files, the WMDM system can be used with MP3 files and other audio formats. "What we're really doing is something akin to what we did to help the printer industry early on in Windows ... we're putting together a driver model for transferring digital media," said Michael Aldridge, product manager with Microsoft's streaming media division. "It's up to the manufacturers themselves to actually implement and be in line with SDMI guidelines." Originally due out by the end of 1999, the SDMI spec will not be available until some time in 2000. At that time, some form of watermarking will be added to add another layer of security to audio files. RioPort on Wednesday posted an updated version of the RioPort Audio Manager with support for the WMDM. "The technology produces a marriage between content providers and the consumer," said Tony Schaller, CEO of RioPort. "It provides a bridge between the players and the music formats on the Web." Schaller added that "WMDM operates within the framework and objectives of the Secure Digital Music Initiative." Microsoft's initial attempt at creating a secure music format was cracked just one day after it was officially made available in August. Similarly, Streambox recently developed a method of capturing encrypted RealAudio streams. Audio player companies MusicMatch and Audible and hardware manufacturers Creative Labs, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Sandisk, and Iomega announced they would be integrating the technology into future versions of their products. Microsoft posted a software development kit so that hardware and software companies can add the security layer to players.

To: $Mogul who wrote (8427)	11/12/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: Seeker	Respond to of 18366

Thanks $M, good synopsis of EDIG. I just have one question for everyone; IF EDIG IS THE OS FOR 3G COMPUTING, WHY HAVE'NT LU IBM ETC. TAKEN SOME KIND OF POSITION IN EDIG AND WHY IS STOCK PRICE SO LOW? All comments welcome. Thanks, Mike

To: $Mogul who wrote (8427)	11/12/1999 12:12:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

No affect on the stock price... hmmm.

To: $Mogul who wrote (8427)	11/12/1999 4:26:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 18366

This speech sure is missing that high school rally tone that we heard at the shareholders meeting. Here's a little comparison thanks to your good work: Message 11908705

To: $Mogul who wrote (8427)	11/13/1999 5:00:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18366

One day after ITVU made its presentation at JUSTRI, Time Warner invested $20 million and CNN invested $20 million. No announcement from EDIG yet. justri.org

To: $Mogul who wrote (8427)	11/13/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18366

Wasn't the speech at JUSTRI suppose to be visionary in nature instead of self-advertising? These seem to be the only visionary statements that Falk mentioned and anybody who reads the news and has any common sense would know this: "I am sure you have seen recent articles about the Internet music industry, and you've heard the interesting statistic that, over this past summer, the acronym "MP3" overtook the word "sex" as the most commonly searched-for word on the Internet. This is indeed indicative of a revolution, which has only just begun. According to research by EE Times magazine and Forrester Research, the digital music player market will grow from approximately 1.2 million units in 1999 to a total of over 32 million units sold by 2003. Also according to Forrester Research, digital downloading will add $1.1 billion to the U.S. music industry by 2003." "Based on industry information we expect the five major record labels to make desirable content available in several secure formats such as ePAC, AAC, Sony's A-Track, Qdesign's Music Playback and Microsoft's Windows Media Player." "We firmly believe that over the next two years, Internet music players that invisibly support multiple formats will be the product of choice by digital music consumers." "future computers will be able to translate hidden meaning by deciphering changes in intonation that signal anger, sarcasm, joy, fear, or excitement... Our future interface with computers will be talking and listening, often utilizing portable devices." "One of the biggest applications for portable devices will be field information-gathering... use speech-enabled portable devices to collect information... Via wireless systems, voice data will be transmitted to a home office and translated by special software programs into text." "... Anything less than instant gratification of their information and entertainment needs is unacceptable to them. New generations of portable devices and computers will be expected to meet these demands." "According to Semico Research, sales of Flash memory devices will double from $4 billion this year to $8.5 billion in less than two years." According to International Data Group, more than 55 million non-PC devices will be connected to the Internet by 2002; a year later, non-PC Internet connections are expected to outnumber those from PCs. As increased bandwidth becomes available, standards are established, and pricing remains competitive, our industry will explode as numerous convergent technologies become available to every consumer in the palms of their hands. We envision a future of full featured easy to use portable devices that incorporate large displays where the interface between the user and the device is speech rather than hard to use miniature keyboards or complicated hand writing recognition software. These devices will talk and listen and feature wireless speech communication, speech-to-text/text-to-speech conversion, downloadable music files, downloadable full-motion-video files, and other convergent applications." Actually, it's not bad at all. I would have preferred that the EDIG advertisement be inserted right after each vision to better help the listener connect EDIG to that future vision. Thus, constantly re-enforcing the reasons they should invest some million$ in EDIG. However, Falk would have had to write a little more cleverly so that the advertising wouldn't seem so obvious.