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To: lml who wrote (1930)	2/10/1999 11:13:00 AM
From: FIRENZA	Respond to of 4298

ATT Newsweek article 2/15/99....SHE'S BAAACK! newsweek.com Also to consider: Just saw this on my internet update. Although this test is being done with Roadrunner, can ATHM be far behind, and might ATT's technology for encoding be attractive to these music companies?? Major music labels will test online sales The world's five major recording companies said they will test album sales over the Internet. Sony (SNE), Time Warner (TWX), Seagram's Universal, EMI Group and Bertelsmann Music Group said they will test a system developed by IBM which would let users buy a digital version of an album, download it and record it on tape or mini-disc. The test will include 1,000 subscribers to Time Warner's Roadrunner high-speed cable modem Internet access service. The IBM process will embed a "digital watermark" on the file, and will be encrypted so only the buyer can play it, The New York Times reported.