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Steh
I never ask a question I do not know the answer for in advance.
I got a chuckle on this one!
Why ask if you already know everything.
BOLTA
More More More volume with upward share price.
Rock & roll SCMI/MMXT in 2006.
BOLTA in the new year.
Not cheerleading just wishing all a great year.
Didn't something have to be submitted before year end?
TIA
Is it the S4 MUST be filed before year end or its a new 2 yr. audit that would have to be redone?
Excellent informative post
Thanks Mike
Holding 6.016 years & more.
As I was rounding off my SCMI portfolio to the nearest million's for the year, by mistake I hit the sell instead of buy, please return my 9054 shares for my stocking if it was you purchasing this morning...... I will pay you premium of an additional .0001 per share.
To all that have provided alot of good and bad information to this board over the past 6 years I wish you all a very exciting wonderful Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. (yes also Kenco)
BOLTA we have held our ground long enough, 2006 will be our year.
No Mrs. Enco I know squat about Mrs. Santana you deliberately avoided my point. (well done)
I am thankful that the majority of production decisions in the music industry are made by men.
Perhaps if females used logic instead of FEELINGS in their outbursts of frustration in speaking for their husbands talents the investment world would be better off.
We have never been in a position where our music has caused harm – we FEEL EXTREMELY SAD AND ANGRY that we have caused our fans distress with what we intended would bring you joy."
The artist has no choice or say to how a label protects or manufactures his music.
She does'nt feel a thing other than she wants more sales.
If she truly understood the business that the artist is one of the greatest benefactors to SCMI/MMXT technology.
Quit wasting everyones time with your slanted garbage.
Old news KENKO, it was Santana's wife that made the statement not Carlos and if you look at the site you will not find any negative comment about SCMI/MMXT just directions and explanation to the patch. Your refuse is getting old.
BOLTA
Nope their buying SCMI not MMXT in antcipation of a 1 to 1, an outsider would buy MMXT IMO.
Management????? they couldn't pump enough sunshine up my a$$ to make me see the light on this one!
5 years, I think almost 6, nothing but a road of pain!!!!!
We have all paid a price with stories of what it really cost us to endure. Sorry my investment and life could had of been better elsewere.
It would have to be masive news, not just a hope that some individual was to change this path of pain.
Defiantly a few cd's short of a full rollout!!!!
My guess is she's a stay at home mom payed by the MVSN?
Your not vision impaired are you?
Ditto
Who made you queen of the MMXT board any how????
Feeling a little unwanted here????
What??????
Not so sure????
Last week I called in with what I thought was a good idea to suggest that when Google went to digital book page sales for it to be secured with DRM.
The come back was that the focus was on the music industry and the entertainment industry(DVD'S) took money & time but was something for the futre.
Here's what little I have heard.
BMG hierarcy has huge ego's, the individual pushing for First4 was the driving force to be heard & succeeds with his DRM system, what ever was his motivation.
He obviously is the loser.
Hee haa Howdy, I'll put my reading glasses on and best of luck to you and all.
Any publicity is better than none.
Lets get those writers talking to MMXT/SCMI
another one!!!!!!
Consumers sing copy-protection blues
By Todd Martens and Brian Garrity Fri Nov 4,11:36 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Complaints continue to mount regarding a controversial CD copy-protection initiative by Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
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Artists and consumers' initial concern was that the digital rights management technology does not work with iPods. Now a growing number of music fans charge that the security software behaves like spyware and may create security vulnerabilities in users' computers.
The matter drew increased attention in technology circles October 31, when software developer/computer security expert Mark Russinovich began blogging the details of problems he experienced after using his computer to play the copy-protected CD of "Get Right With the Man" by Van Zant, a Southern rock act signed to Columbia Records.
Russinovich posted that Sony BMG's DRM drained resources from his computer processor, even when the CD was not being played, and was extraordinarily difficult to locate and uninstall. When he finally deleted the software, his computer's CD player stopped working. "This is a clear case of Sony taking DRM too far," he wrote.
Within 24 hours, online tech-news sites including SlashDot and CNet had posted news about Russinovich's account. And by November 2, Sony BMG had posted instructions on its own site (cp.sonybmg/xcp) for removing the DRM.
IN SEARCH OF TRANSPARENCY
Copy-protection software is not actually spyware, of course. And industry executives have long pointed to piracy rates in defense of DRM measures. Consumers on average acquire almost 30 percent of their music annually by burning and ripping CDs, according to the NPD Group.
But Russinovich and others complain that Sony BMG's latest DRM lacks transparency -- and a simple uninstall option.
"The disclosure is totally inadequate," says Fred Von Lohmann, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "I read the (end-user license agreement), and it does not say they will install software that hides itself and is difficult to uninstall. When I read that someone is going to install software, I don't think it's going to behave like spyware and try to evade me."
Sony BMG representatives declined to comment, but sources in the company and the label's technology partners -- which include First 4 Internet and SunnComm -- say hiding software on computers is standard.
"Cloaking technology is reasonably commonplace," says Mathew Gilliat Smith, CEO of First 4 Internet, a developer of copy-protection technology. "This is a protection software, and the object is to make it more difficult to circumvent."
But Russinovich says Sony's software may create a weakness for others to exploit. "All it takes is one malware (malicious software) author to get one of these CDs and see how it works and recognize it's on millions of people's machines," Russinovich says. "The whole malware industry is financially driven, and there are tons of smart people paid to find those opportunities."
PATCHING THINGS UP
As part of their November 2 online update, Sony BMG and First 4 Internet released a patch to make the files visible and ensure that malware writers cannot hide their own files behind the DRM technology. The patch is also being distributed to manufacturers of anti-virus software.
Gilliat Smith says First 4 Internet is looking for new installation methods for its software, but did not provide specifics. SunnComm executives say they have not had any problems with their technology.
In the meantime, a growing number of consumers and consumer advocates are expressing frustration with the technology.
"I know this is the last copy-protected CD I will buy," Russinovich says.
"It strikes me as particularly pernicious," Von Lohmann adds, "to single out paying customers for this kind of treatment."
Reuters/Billboard
Willing to bet all of your shares on that?
I may be your huckleberry if you wish to play
Perhaps Mrs. Keeny would except such an offer.
She's on all the boards, Ragging Bull, monitor for MMXT, probably being paid for her presence here on this board & others.
Definably knowledgeabale & opinionated.
Thanks
I thought with Sony leading the pack..... well I...well
Ok I was grasping for anything before I flatline............................beep....................................beep.........................................beep
Do we care about Blu-ray?
Analysts Declare Blu-Ray Winner In DVD War
(TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEQUAKE) -- Technology group Forrester Research has declared Blu-ray, a new high-definition DVD format led by Sony, as the winner in a heated battle over next-generation DVD technology after Paramount Home Entertainment said it would release digital movies in the Blu-ray format.
news.yahoo.com
How about our 1/4ly confrence call!!!!
Who are the true longs & who are the pumpers, dumpers & bashers.
I'm surprised as Artie Ripp has been involved with SCMI/MMXT a long time and one of the main drives to introduce our product to the labels & the music industry.
Their was a lot of talk at the last SHM with & about Mr. Ripp, I am just very suspicious of questions like yours.
HTB how long have you been invested in SCMI/MMXT?
That would be a dream!!!!!
I think it's more like 760 Mill, plus+ shares outstanding.
They can't afford a burger let alone buy back stock.
Although if they did without the burger they could buy back about 178 shares of SCMI. IMO
BOLTA
Howdy I need a new set.
Can I get a set before the price sky-rockets??????
BOLTA
GSOS's
BOLTA
Your correct a pink cannot trade on an exchange afterhours.
BOLTA
Just a guess but I think our shares have been gone for a while and this is a new deal with management. JMO
BOLTA
FYI
Sun Micro Announces Open-Source DRM Project
By Duncan Martell, Reuters
August 22, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)—Sun Microsystems Inc., weighing in on the fractious issue of protecting copyrighted digital content, on Sunday announced a project it calls the Open Media Commons initiative aimed at creating an open-source, royalty-free digital-rights management standard. ADVERTISEMENT
The issue of digital-rights management, or DRM, has spurred a number of plans to protect content, ranging from standards for mobile phones, digital music players, CDs, DVDs and other media, available from InterTrust, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer Inc., Sony Corp. and others.
Sun is now throwing its hat in the ring, and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Schwartz argues that the growing number of rival DRM standards that are incompatible with one another could stifle innovation and economic growth.
"The industry generally falls into two camps: Those who support what we're up to and others who want to collect a fee" for using their own DRM standards, Schwartz said in a telephone interview.
But analysts said the project is ambitious, citing the need for content owners, software developers and device makers to be on board. Open-source software is that which is made freely available so programmers can modify and improve it.
Schwartz said he planned to call for a cross-industry collaboration in developing what he argued would be an open and business-friendly approach to the free creation, duplication and distribution of digital content.
On Sunday, he spoke to policymakers, media, telecommunications and technology executives in a speech at the Progress and Freedom Foundation Aspen Summit in Aspen, Colorado.
To lay the foundation for the Open Media Common initiative, Sun will immediately share its internal Sun Labs program Project DReaM, what it calls "DRM/everywhere available."
The recording industry and a number of partners identified the incompatibility issue about a year and a half ago, but still were not close to finding a solution, because of a lack of coordination among technology companies.
"It's an interesting idea," Gartner G2 analyst Mike McGuire said of Sun's effort. "But you've got a whole bunch of audiences that have to be satisfied with this."
That group includes the rights holders to the digital content, software developers, cellular carriers, handset makers, and a whole range of tech companies, McGuire said.
Microsoft is pushing its Windows Media DRM, Sony has its own version, and Apple has its FairPlay DRM, which it has so far declined to license, which works with its iTunes and iPod products.
In addition, cell-phone makers are already starting to sell phones that work as digital music players, and a consortium of carriers and handset makers known as the Open Media Alliance is developing its own DRM standard, OMA, for phones.
There is also Coral, a group formed by more than 30 tech and media companies, including the four major record label companies to create DRM interoperability standards.
Sun said that its Project DReaM includes a piece of software known as an API that Sun said makes it easier to build and manage video streams delivered over networks.
The project also includes what Sun calls DRM-Opera, an interoperable DRM standard that is independent of specific hardware and operating systems, and is not restricted to specific media formats. It also enables a user-based license provision, compared to the majority of today's methods, where licenses are assigned to actual devices.
"It's important they're making this effort but what will be the proof points are when the rights holders (to the digital content) and device makers get on board," McGuire said.
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My guess it was a cross from company to ??????? JMO
BOLTA
Interesting after hours also.
Raising funds for merger?
BOLTA
Here's my best guess
but, the price for SCMI is down, the price for MMXT is still significantly above SCMI, and it still doesn't make sense to me (if we are to be a 1 : 1 exchange with the merger...)
MMXT is on the AMEX echange, a reporting company, not a pink
MMXT has no where near the amount of shares out for liquidation.
MMXT is a much safer or more secure investment (that didnt come out correct but you know what I mean)
Not sure how they do a 1 to 1 but I can only hope that they reverse the number of shares outstanding and give value back to the share price. JMO
BOLTA
your post should be wiped off this board
get real!!!!