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                Date: 1999-03-09
                 
                 
                Micro/software-Tracking gegen MP-3
                
                 
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      Nette Firma das, ermöglicht e-kommerziellen Unternehmen,   
Verbreitung & Verkauf von Software, Musik etcetera ad  
infintum zu tracken. Reciprocal heisst sie & seit heute heisst  
ihr neuer Partner Microsoft. Die alt/eingesessene  
Geld/drucklobby Recording Industry Association of America  
(RIAA) leitet rechtliche Schritte gegen die Hersteller von MP  
3 Playern ein. 
 
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Jim Hu  
March 8, 1999, 2:15 p.m. PT  
.... 
The investment gives Microsoft a 10 to 15 percent stake in  
Reciprocal, formerly known as Rights Exchange, which is  
expected to go public in the next year or two, the company  
said.  
.... 
Reciprocal enables companies to securely share, sell, or  
distribute content ranging from music to text over the  
Internet. The software also allows content-oriented  
companies to track usage and financial transaction patterns.  
 
The investment in Buffalo, New York-based Reciprocal is part  
of Microsoft's attempt to boost its e-commerce efforts, which  
have lagged behind those of other technology companies. It  
also pits the software company against other giants such as  
IBM and AT&T in a key arena.  
.... 
The move also will help Microsoft in a battle against  
RealNetworks, which makes software for playing audio and  
video programming over the Internet.  
.... 
Securing copyrights over Web content remains one of the  
most sensitive issues around the Web, especially in areas  
such as music. Web music downloading has also sparked a  
conflict that has pitted the recording industry against the  
widespread playback of the MP3 audio compression format.  
 
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has  
said MP3 is the technology of choice among music copyright  
pirates, and has taken legal action against manufacturers of  
devices that play back MP3 files. 
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full text 
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,33416,00.html
                   
 
relayed by 
Lars Gollnow <lg@mp3.de> 
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Stoppt Enfopol! 
http://www.freedomforlinks.de/Pages/enfopol.html
                   
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-03-09 
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