Lucasfilm has responded to questions regarding the DVD release of Star Wars movies. In a nut shell what they are saying is that "We are all busy working with Episode II. There's no time to focus on a DVD release." It's odd, though, that they do have the time to release the movies on VHS world wide, and even on Laserdisc in Japan.
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Valley Media and Amplified.com, two music distributors, announced that they will be merging. With the merger the two companies are looking to hasten the adoption of digital downloading as a means of commercial distribution. Valley Media is a distributor of CDs, casettes, videos and DVDs to more than 200 retailers nation wide. Amplified.com supplies digital music tracks to many of the same retailers' Web sites.
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MP3.com has introduced a tool that lets clients make money by bringing new consumers to MP3.com's My.MP3.com service.
With the new Bucks to Beam-It program, MP3.com lets anyone start their own business-to-business operation by adding the My.MP3.com banner or text link to their Web sites. When a new consumer enters My.MP3.com via that link, activates her account, and starts beaming in her CDs, the affiliate member will be rewarded $1.00.
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MP3.com's Affiliate Program
Bucks to Beam-It Referral Program
The Star Wars On DVD on-line petition is going rather well. As of February 9th, the petition is up to 15,514 signatures.
If you haven't signed the petition yet, you can do so at the following URL:
http://www.dvdfile.com/interactive/guestbook/addguest.html".
Please do ask your friends to participate, too!
Sigma Designs announced that it will add Linux support to its new REALmagic NetStream 2000 card and EM8400 progressive MPEG-2/DVD decoder chip.
The NetStream 2000 card is the first MPEG-2/DVD playback product to support the Linux operating system.
Read the press release from Sigma Designs
