Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:29:32 +0000
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: NEWS: Kennedy Center Online; Digital Copyright Agreement for Video
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
February 17, 1999
KENNEDY CENTER EXPANDS SERIES TO INTERNET
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-02/17/155l-021799-idx.html>
DIGITAL COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT FOR VIDEO
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/biztech/articles/17blue.html>
Two items from today's press, related to broadcast of, and access to,
moving images on the Internet might interest readers. These items are
culled from the Benton Foundation's "Communications-Related Headlines."
David Green
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>Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:37:49 -0500
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COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for FEBRUARY 17, 1999
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KENNEDY CENTER EXPANDS SERIES TO INTERNET
Issue: Arts
On April 1 the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC will begin daily live music
broadcasts on the Internet. The formal announcement will come this afternoon
and a test broadcast is scheduled for tomorrow at
<http://kennedy-center.org/stage/millennium>. By broadcasting the Millennium
Stage programs, the center will solidify its position as the only venue of
its kind in the country with a free performance every day on its stages and
now electronically. The concerts include some well-known acts, up-and-coming
artists, military bands, and local university and school groups. Typically
they attract anywhere from 400 to 7,000 attendees depending on the
performer. The center today will also unveil plans for two permanent
performance spaces for Millennium Stage, plus a show to mark the second
anniversary of the project on March 1 with Randy Newman and KC & the
Sunshine Band. [Wow, what a bargain: see KC -- for free!]
[SOURCE: Washington Post (C1), AUTHOR: Jacqueline Trescott]
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-02/17/155l-021799-idx.html>
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
DIGITAL COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT FOR VIDEO
Issue: Intellectual Property
Five major computer and electronics firms have announced plans for a new
"watermark" standard to protect digital movies and videos from piracy. IBM,
NEC, Sony, Pioneer, and Hitachi have agreed on a single standard for a
binary code that will be embedded on every frame of a digital recording.
This digital watermark would allow legitimate copying of recorded material,
but prevent illegal copies from being made. DVD systems are expected to be
the first to use the new technology.
[SOURCE: New York Times (C2), AUTHOR: Rob Fixmer]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/biztech/articles/17blue.html
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