[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9766]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Internet Streaming Media Alliance, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 8, 2001, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Internet Streaming Media 
Alliance, Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) 
of the Act, the identities of the parties are Philips Digital Networks, 
Sunnyvale, CA; International Business Machines (``IBM''), Cambridge, 
MA; Tivoli Systems, Inc., Cambridge, MA; Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, 
CA; Apple, Cupertino, CA; Kasenna, Inc., Mountain View, CA; and Sun 
Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA.
    The nature and objectives of the venture are to engage in 
activities consistent with and in furtherance of its Specific Purposes 
(``Specific Purposes''). The Specific Purposes for which the Alliance 
is formed are: (i) To promote the growth and development of streaming 
rich media (video, audio and associated data) over the Internet; (ii) 
to promote the growth and development of the industry related to 
Streaming Rich Media over the Internet; (iii) to define, establish, 
revise, and support specification(s) (``Specifications'') that 
contribute to the development of interoperable, efficient, end-to-end 
solutions that promote or facilitate Streaming Rich Media over the 
Internet as well as over private networks, and to foster the voluntary 
and rapid adoption of the Specifications by developers of related 
products and services; (iv) to provide a forum whereby interested 
parties may meet to approve Specifications and to suggest revisions and 
enhancements to Specifications; to make appropriate submissions to 
established agencies and bodies with the purpose of ratifying all or 
part of the Specifications as an international standard; and to provide 
a forum whereby users may meet with developers and providers of 
Streaming Rich Media products and services to identify requirements for 
interoperability and general usability; (v) to educate the business and 
consumer communities as to the value of products and services based on 
or related to the Specifications through public statements, 
publications, trade shows demonstrations, seminar sponsorships, and 
other programs established by the Alliance, and to thereby promote 
market demand for products based on or related to the Specifications; 
(vi) to protect the needs of consumers and increase competition among 
vendors by supporting the voluntary creation and implementation of 
uniform, industry-standard conformance or compliance test procedures 
and process which assure the interoperability of products and services 
based on or related to the Specifications; (vii) to maintain 
relationships and liaison with educational institutions, government 
research institutes, other technology consortia, and other 
organizations that support and contribute to the development of 
specifications and standards for Streaming Rich Media over the 
Internet; (viii) to foster competition in the development of new 
products and services based on or related to the Specifications, in 
conformance with all applicable antitrust laws and regulations; and 
(ix) to do anything reasonably necessary to achieve or promote these 
Specific Purposes.
    In furtherance of the above stated Specific Purposes, the Alliance 
may, among other things, engage in theoretical analysis; 
experimentation; systematic study; research; development; testing; the 
extension of investigative findings or theory of a scientific or 
technical nature into practical application; the collection, exchange 
and analysis of research or production information; and any combination 
of the foregoing.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-9766 Filed 4-19-01; 8:45 am]
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