[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20311]


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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 June 23, 2000, 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, World Theater, Inc., Morrisville, NC; e.Digital 
Corporation, San Diego, CA; Intervideo, Inc., Fremont, CA; Entrust 
Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Perception Digital Ltd., 
Kowloon, Hong Kong--China; Napster, San Mateo, CA; MarkAny, Inc., 
Seoul, Republic of Korea; DataPlay, Inc., Boulder, CO; Nielson Media 
Research, Mendham, NJ; Kenwood Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Midbar Tech 
Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel; and Musicrypt.com, Richmond Hill, Ontario, 
Canada 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 SDMI intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 28, 1999, SDMI 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 March 27, 
2000. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20311 Filed 8-10-00; 8:45 am]
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