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`TO PETITIONER GOOGLE INC.’S
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`The Liquid Audio Indie 1000 Program
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`The Liquid Audio Indie 1000 Program
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`Google Exhibit 1009 Page 00001
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`The Liquid Audio Indie 1000 Program
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`Sell Your Music Online
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`Indie 1000
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`Now you can put your music directly into the
`hands - and ears - of millions of people who can
`decide for themselves if they like what they
`hear. Liquid Audio provides tools to distribute
`CD quality, copyright protected audio over the
`Internet, so you can play, promote, and sell you
`music to a worldwide audience - without
`compromise. Additionally, Liquid Audio provides the Indie 1000 Spotlight ,
`an area dedicated to promoting and displaying the albums and artists
`currently in the Indie 1000 program.
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`How It Works
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`With the Indie 1000 program, fans who visit your website will be able to
`listen to your music with the highest quality sound available on the Internet
`using the Liquid MusicPlayer. They will also be able to purchase your music
`in Liquid Track format for download onto their PCs. Once the Liquid Tracks
`have been downloaded, they may be played on your PC sound system or
`stored permanently on CD-Recordable disk, which can then be played in any
`standard CD player.
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`Sell Up To Fifteen Songs
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`As a Liquid Audio Indie 1000 member, you get to include up to fifteen
`different songs for music consumers to buy and download to their PCs. This
`means you could sell different songs from different albums or an entire
`album of songs. You also get to have up to fifty preview clips of your songs
`for fans to browse. Links will be available for you to connect to online
`retailers. Millions of music fans will be able to order your CD's or download
`your singles.
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`Safe, Secure Sound
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`The Liquid Audio system combines sophisticated multi-layer encryption with
`inaudible digital watermarking technology to protect your intellectual
`property. This advanced system provides the most comprehensive, anti-copy
`and anti-piracy technology available today. The music stays with the person
`who paid for it and no one else. Liquid Audio's security partners include Intel
`Corporation and RSA Data Systems, the leading supplier of encryption tools.
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`Instantly Connect to Music Fans
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`When a music fan wants to buy your music they just click on 'Buy Download'
`in the Liquid MusicPlayer and enter the necessary payment information. You
`determine the price for the songs. You can even make your songs available
`for free for promotional purposes. Fans can also use the 'Order CD' to
`purchase the complete CD for shipment directly to their homes.
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`Who's on first?
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`The Indie 1000 package lets you get more information than ever before
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`about who likes and buys your music. Through your Web browser, you have
`instant access to reports that give you complete sales and listening data.
`You are connected directly to your fans and your fans are connected directly
`to you.
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`What Do You Need?
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`A Windows 95 computer with access to the Internet
`A website
`A DAT or CD-ROM of your music
`Album art or graphics
`Rights to sell your music
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`What Do You Get?
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`1.
`2.
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`Liquifier Pro v2.0 - Professional Internet mastering tool
`Liquid MusicServer - 5 stream / 15 songs / 50 clips
`Web page templates - to allow fast integration of Liquid Audio with your
`site
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`What do you think?
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`Now the only thing keeping people from buying your music is your music.
`For more information email us at Sales@liquidaudio.com. And stop by the
`Indie 1000 Spotlight to hear the artists currently with the program.
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`Copyright © 1996--97 Liquid Audio, Inc. All rights reserved
`maintained by webmaster@liquidaudio.com
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