[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 42727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17402]



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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

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 29, 1 999, pursuant to 
Section (6a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Secure Digital Music 
Initiative 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, ZipLabs Pte Ltd, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore; 
Rowe International, Grand Rapids, MI; Oak Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, 
CA; Guillemot Corp., SA, Carentoir, France; Media Tag Limited, Hayes, 
Middlesex, United Kingdom; MHS SA, Nantes, Cedex 3, France; Mitsubishi 
Electric Corporation, Hyogo, Japan; Be, Incorporated, Menlo Park, CA; 
Portland Software, Inc., Portland, OR; Music.co.jp, Inc., Tokyo, Japan; 
EMDES Systems Company Limited, Tokyo, Japan; Ericsson Mobile 
Communications, Stockholm, Sweden; Qpass, Seattle, WA; Funai 
Corporation, Teterboro, NJ; and ARM Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom 
have been added as parties to this venture.
    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 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On June 28, 1999, Secure Digital Music Initiative filed its 
original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The 
Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register 
pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on December 2, 1999 (64 FR 67591).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 4, 
1999. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-17402 Filed 7-10-00; 8:45 am]
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