REMINDER/Media Alert: Battle Over Internet MusicPiracy.

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WHAT: Top industry figures and private citizens wage a battle in
the war over MP3 music piracy on the Internet. The most controversial
topic in the music business is MP3 music files and commercial music
piracy. A panel discussion entitled "Digital Diatribes: Battling




				

				
				 
				


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Get Music to the Masses" will be cybercast live from Webnoize '98, the
leading music and new media conference running November 2-4 at the
Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles (http://98.webnoize.com).

MP3 is a compression method used to convert CD-quality digital audio
into relatively small, manageably-sized files with little loss
of audible sound.

The music industry as a whole has been hesitant to embrace the
MP3 format as a method of music distribution because the small size
and high quality of the files easily facilitate music piracy via the
Internet. A music consumer with readily available software may "rip"
songs from a commercially available compact disc, compress the music
into MP3 format, and upload the file to the Internet where it may be
downloaded by thousands, technically even millions, of people all over
the world, for free.

WHO: Among the panelists are top industry executives and a noted
"civilian" advocate: Gerry Kearby, CEO of Liquid Audio, a prominent
company offering a comparatively secure distribution system for
digital music; Larry Miller of AT&T's a2b music, a competitor of
Liquid Audio that launched its solution last year; Chris Otto,
Executive Producer of Music Services for RealNetworks, distributors of
the most popular software for music listening on the Internet; and
Michael Robertson, a noted free-market Internet music advocate.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 4, 1998, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, at the
Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles

WHERE: On the World Wide Web at
http://www.broadcast.com/music/shows/webnoize/index.html

About Webnoize

Webnoize '98 mirrors the editorial mission of online media
venture Webnoize (http://www.webnoize.com), the unequivocal authority
on music and new media. Focused exclusively on the music industry's
relationship with the Web, new media, cross-markets and emerging
technology, Webnoize provides daily news, in-depth market reports and
invaluable context about the digital music revolution. Webnoize
reaches 60,000 readers representing leaders across the music,
technology and new media industries. Webnoize and Webnoize '98 are
properties of Digital Music Network Inc. (DMN), a leading member of
the Web's music community since 1994.