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MTV Gets Down With Downloads
by Brad King

12:20 p.m. April 4, 2001 PDT
Music television is about to expand to the Internet, as all five major labels announce a new retail service that will allow consumers to purchase digital downloads through MTV's online network.
The downloads will initially be sold through the MTV Radio and VH1 At Work streaming stations, which use Rioport's Pulse One Media Services delivery system. When listeners hear a song they want to purchase, they can click on a buy button and immediately purchase a secure download.


http://www.mtv.com/sendme.tin?page=http://www.rioport.com/MTV

SAF
  The SAF (Secure Audio Format) is a format provided by InterTrust. SAF files contain high-quality AAC encoded content.
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SAF content has the following usage rules:Local playback - Unlimited Permission to burn audio track to CD - None Permission to transfer audio track to InterTrust-certified portable device - Unlimited Total # of installs from My Account - 1Note: Albums provided by BMG in the SAF will give you the option to download them as an entire album or as individual tracks.


WMA The Windows Media Audio (.wma) format is Microsoft Corporation's secure audio format. If you select WMA tracks on our site, you are charged while online, after you confirm and process your order. A license for each WMA track is delivered to your computer at the time of download and tracks are downloaded to your computer using our Download Manager.

WMA content provided by EMI has the following usage rules:Local playback - Unlimited
Permission to burn audio track to CD - 2 times
Permission to transfer audio track to WMA-enabled portable device - Unlimited
Total # of installs from My Account - 3Note: Albums provided by EMI in the WMA format cannot be downloaded as individual tracks, only as entire albums.

WMA content provided by Warner has the following usage rules:Local playback - Unlimited
Permission to burn audio track to CD - None
Permission to transfer audio track to WMA-enabled portable device - 3 transfers to SDMI compatible devices
Total # of installs from My Account - 1Note: Albums provided by Warner in the WMA format will give you the option to download them as an entire album or as individual tracks.

Additionally, different formats will require different software to play the music you are downloading.

[Who will make the process effortless] Note Lycos was a first to jump on downloads with bmg using intertrust, but look - Guess we'll have intertrus n rioport n wma runing on IBM servers....

July 26, 2001 / News Archives Terra Lycos, IBM Ink Tech, Ad Deals
By Colin C. Haley

MACROPROCESSING
Under a new two-year deal, Terra Lycos will buy millions of dollars worth of servers, software and services from IBM (NYSE:IBM). The Spanish Internet media giant, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Mass., and the Armonk, N.Y., computer maker will also jointly develop new technologies and applications. "The pairing of the two global leaders provides a platform for technology exchanges and collaboration on strategic projects," Joaquim Agut, Terra Lycos' executive chairman, said in a statement. The infrastructure component covers a range of Big Blue products including: servers that run on UNIX, Windows NT, or Linux operating systems; and software from Lotus (an IBM division) and recently acquired Informix. Further strengthening technology ties between the companies, Terra Lycos CTO Tim Wright will join IBM's advanced e-business council, a group working to identify emerging trends. In a separate announcement, IBM said it will advertise on Terra Lycos' network of sites. Terra Lycos, formed in October by the merger of Terra Networks, of Madrid, Spain, and Lycos, of Waltham, Mass., operates in 42 countries and reaching 99 million unique monthly visitors. IBM space buys should help Terra Lycos boost its ad business. As dot-coms folded and larger IT companies looked to cut costs, online media firms have suffered. The decline was partially responsible for Terra Lycos cutting 15 percent of its staff in May. Nearly 70 percent of Terra Lycos' business comes from its media properties. Specific financial terms of either the equipment or advertising deal were not disclosed, however the companies said the hardware portion was a "multi-million" price tag over the life of the contract. Shares of TRLY were up 0.11 to 6.24 in morning trading, while IBM stock shed 0.89, or 1 percent, to 104.