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To: Pluvia who wrote (9648)	1/25/2000 3:53:00 PM
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WEBNOISE on EPAC (EDIG mention) Lucent Raising ePAC Profile Through License Deals To access links and related news: news.webnoize.com Lucent Technologies, Inc. is aggressively marketing its proprietary digital format for music, announcing a series of deals that make the format compatible with security solutions for music from Intel Corp. and Blue Spike Inc. Lucent's Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder (ePAC) compresses digital audio into less than 10% of its original size without loss of audible fidelity, according to Lucent. Recent improvements to the format include improved encoding that allows higher quality at low bit rates, according to the company. The compression format is supported by an Internet music player design from e.Digital. That architecture has been licensed for inclusion in a portable digital music player from Korea's Maycom, manufacturer of the I-Jam player. E.Digital is in licensing negotiations with other portable device manufacturers, according to the company. Over time, Lucent's format has lost some of its once high profile, not because of concerns with respect to its quality, but because competitors like RealNetworks and Microsoft have effectively marketed their own audio formats as part of complete music platforms the two competitors have marketed directly to consumers. RealNetworks claims its free RealJukebox application, which creates, organizes and plays MP3 and RealAudio files, is among the most widely downloaded software tools in the world. Microsoft has partnered with major record companies to build a supply of popular content on the Internet in its Windows Media format. Now, under a non-exclusive agreement, Intel will offer ePAC compression as part of its trademarked Software Integrity System, a broad solution for hiding code and access keys in music, as well as detecting attempts to break security mechanisms. The system is designed to run on Intel-based systems running Windows 95, 98 and NT clients. Preview Systems, Inc., developer of a software tool for commercial distribution of digital products like music and software, uses the Intel system. Preview Systems recently sold a stake in its operations to EMI Recorded Music, the Big Five record label that today announced it will form a joint venture with AOL Time Warner's Warner Music Group, effectively reducing the industry to the Big Four [see related item]. Lucent's deal with Blue Spike makes ePAC compatible with an "end-to-end" music security solution designed to use digital watermarking to protect music without degradation, even when audio is part of a multimedia presentation that also uses text, images or video, according to Blue Spike. Last week, Blue Spike said its solution would incorporate public key encryption technology from NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. NTRU claims that its technology delivers encryption, decryption, authentication and digital signature features at speeds over 100 times faster than competing systems. In addition to its agreements with technology companies, Lucent has struck a deal with independent label music distributor The Orchard. The distributor will use ePAC to encode its 50,000-track music library, so it may be sold through online outlets like Amazon.com and CDnow, according to The Orchard, an Internet-based music wholesaler that supplies branded retail web sites both physical goods and downloadable songs. Daryl Berg, senior director of business development for The Orchard called ePAC, "the highest quality music coder we've heard." VedaLabs, Inc. has also incorporated ePAC compatibility into the first version of a new jukebox software called AudioVeda. The company plans to develop a line of hand-held and home stereo ePAC music players.