[opendtv] Twofer from Educause

From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 08:17:32 -0400
Two interesting stories via Edupage...

GOOGLE OFFERS TO UNWIRE SAN FRANCISCO
Google is one of more than a dozen organizations that have submitted
bids in response to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's call for a
citywide wireless Internet network. The network would provide free
Internet access to anyone in the city. Google finds itself flush with
more than $7 billion in cash after recent stock sales. Industry
observers speculated that setting up a municipal wireless network in
San Francisco could be the first step in a Google plan to establish
such a network nationwide, though the company said it currently has no
plans to expand beyond the Bay Area. Analysts said Google's interest
in facilitating increased Internet access directly serves the
company's goals of organizing the world's information. In addition,
providing Internet access to greater numbers of people means
potentially more visitors to Google's site, which would increase
advertising revenues.
Wired News, 1 October 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,69059,00.html

DIGITAL MUSIC SALES SURGE
According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
(IFPI), sales of online digital music more than tripled in the first
half of 2005, compared to the same period in 2004. Sales of legal music
downloads totaled $790 million (representing 6 percent of total music
sales worldwide), up from $220 million the year before. Most of the
gains were seen in the world's top five music markets: the United
States, Britain, Japan, Germany, and France. Sales of physical formats
declined by nearly 7 percent in value and 3.4 percent in units. The
IFPI said it will continue working to spur legal sales of online music
while limiting the illegal sharing of music. John Kennedy, chairman and
chief executive of the IFPI, said that "digital and physical piracy
remain a big threat to our business in many markets. Our industry's
priorities are to further grow this emerging digital-music business
while stepping up our efforts to protect it from copyright theft."
Wall Street Journal, 3 October 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112834107711958392.html
 
 
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