[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29981]



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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 September 21, 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, Amplified.com, Atlanta, GA; Chaw Khong Technology Co., 
Ltd., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan; Destiny Media Technologies, Inc., 
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; DiscoverMusic.com, Inc., Seattle, 
WA; Dx3 Europe AB, Stockholm, Sweden; eInnovations (Engineering 
Innovations), Lanham, MD; France Telecom, Paris, France; Fujitsu 
Limited, Yamagata, Japan; FullAudio Corp., Chicago, IL; Grundig Digital 
Systems, San Jose, CA; Internet, GIG.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; 
Massive Media Group, Inc., Santa Monica, CA; MCOS, London, United 
Kingdom; MiBrary.com, Inc., New York, NY; Oberthur Card Systems, Paris, 
France; Parthus Technologies, Dublin, Ireland; Preview Systems, Inc., 
Portland, OR; RioPort.com, Inc., San Jose, CA; Siemens AG, Munich, 
Germany; Telefonica, Madrid, Spain; Verance Corporation, Rockville, MD; 
and Vitaminic SpA, Torino, Italy have been added as parties to this 
venture. Also, Audiohighway.com, Cupertino, CA; AudioSoft, Geneva, 
Switzerland; Be, Incorporated, Menlo Park; CA; Bose Corporation, 
Framingham, MA; Cductive.com, New York, NY; Channelware, Inc., Nepean, 
Ontario, Canada; Cinram International, Inc., Ontario, Canada; Deutsche 
Telekom AG, Bonn, Germany; Digital River Inc., Eden Prairie, MN; DIVX, 
Herndon, VA; Emusic, Inc., Redwood City, CA; Entrust Technologies, 
Ontario, Canada; Etantrum, Dulles, VA; ExtraSpecial, Inc., San 
Francisco, CA; HMV Media Group, Berks, United Kingdom; Infineon 
Technologies, Munich, Germany; Intervu, Inc., San Diego, CA; Kent Ridge 
Digital Labs, Heng Mui, Singapore; Media Fair, Inc., Monterey Park, CA; 
Memory Corporation, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; 
Music.co.jp, Inc., Tokyo, Japan; NTT Mobile Communications Network, 
Tokyo, Japan; Plug 'n Pay Technologies, Hauppauge, NY; Qpass, Seattle, 
WA; Softlock, Rochester, NY; Sonic Solutions, Novato, CA; SpectraNet 
Communications, Inc.--Throttlebox, Johnson City, NY; Sun Microsystems, 
Menlo Park, CA; TDK Electronics Corp., Port Washington, NY; Unitech 
Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea; ViaTech, Inc., Natick, 
MA; Waveless Radio Consortium, Tokyo, Japan; Xerox Corporation, El 
Segundo, CA; and Ziplabs PTE Ltd., Singapore Science Park, Singapore 
have been dropped from the venture.
    No other changes have been made made in either the memberships 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 June 23, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 11, 2000 (65 FR 49267).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-29981 Filed 11-22-00; 8:45 am]
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