[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 93 (Friday, May 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12044]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Secure Digital Music Initiative (``SDMI'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 4, 1999, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Secure Digital Music 
Initiative (``SDMI'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. The notifications were filed for the 
purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA; Canadian Audiotrak, 
Toronto, Canada; Casio, Tokyo, Japan; Cinram International, Inc., 
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; Digital River Inc., Eden Prairie, MN; 
Gemplus Corporation, Montgomeryville, PA; General Instrument, Horsham, 
PA; Intervu, Inc., San Diego, CA; Lexar Media, Inc., Fremont, CA; Media 
Fair, Inc., Monterey Park, CA; Micronas Semiconductors, Inc., San Jose, 
CA; Nokia UK Limited, London, England; Packard Bell NEC, Inc., 
Sacramento, CA; Philips, Briarcliff Manor, NY; Plug 'n Play 
Technologies, Inc., Hauppauge, NY; Portal Player, Inc., Saratoga, CA; 
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Tampa, FL; Qdesign, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; 
Saehan Information Systems Co., LTD, Seoul, South Korea; Softlock 
Services, Rochester, NY; Sonic Foundry, Inc., Madison, WI; SpectraNet 
Communications, Inc.--ThrottleBox, Johnson City, NY; Sun Microsystems, 
Palo Alto, CA; Telian Corporation, Kyonggi, South Korea; WavePhore, 
Phoenix, AZ; and Xerox Corp., Rochester, NY have been added as parties 
to this venture. Also Emusic.com, Inc., Redwood City, CA has change its 
name to GoodNoise Corporation.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Secure Digital Music Initiative 
(``SDMI'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership.
    On June 28, 1999, Secure Digital Music Initiative (``SDMI'') filed 
its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. A notice 
has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-12044 Filed 5-11-00; 8:45 am]
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