Warner Reprise Video announces the release of four classic R.E.M. home video titles on DVD. Set for release on August 22nd are the DVD titles Pop Screen, Parallel, This Film Is On and Tourfilm.

Originally released in 1990, Pop Screen and Tourfilm each received gold sales certification and include some of R.E.M.'s most popular hits. Tracks from the band's first Warner Bros. album, 1988's Green, such as ``Stand'' and ``Pop Song 89'' are joined by classic R.E.M. tracks including ``The One I Love'' and ``It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).'' Following Green, R.E.M. went on tour in 1989 and to document the occasion Tourfilm was released the next year. Tourfilm brings together highlights from several cities, including live performances of ``Stand,'' ``The One I Love,'' ``Finest Worksong'' and ``Get Up.''

R.E.M.'s first quadruple-platinum album, 1991's Out Of Time sparked the gold-certified This Film Is On home video released that same year. ``Losing My Religion,'' which won the Best Music Video Grammy, and ``Shiny Happy People'' became instant classics. This Film Is On also features the ``MTV Unplugged'' versions of ``Losing My Religion'' and ``Love Is All Around.''

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Macrovision UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Macrovision Corporation of Sunnyvale, California and Warner Music Manufacturing Europe (WMME), a pan-European DVD-Video manufacturer fully licensed to incorporate Macrovision's proprietary copy protection technology, announced today that WMME have manufactured over 25 million Copy-Protected DVD-Video discs to date.

Macrovision's DVD copy protection is designed to prevent unauthorized copying of DVD programming to VCRs without impacting the original picture. It is now used on most DVD titles being released and is the only technology of its kind that is currently available to protect against unauthorized copying from DVD players to VCRs. The majority of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) studios copy protect all of their DVDs. Macrovision's DVD copy protection has been utilized on over 75 percent of all DVD discs manufactured worldwide since 1997 (i.e., over 180 million DVDs to-date).

Cappi Frenger, Director of Sales & Customer Service at WMME said: ``Most of our customers require their property to be copy protected and use Macrovision as a suitable means for their content protection. We are pleased to be a Macrovision-licensed company, as the respect for and protection of all our customers' intellectual property rights is a very significant and central part of our corporate values and ethics.''

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The Princess Bride

A fantastical escape into a world of swashbuckling swordsmen and gallant heroes, The Princess Bride is extraordinary entertainment for the whole family. Filled with “romanticism, adventure and a liberal shot of humor” (People), this innovative film from producer/director Rob Reiner and Academy Award–winning screenwriter William Goldman stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright and Mandy Patinkin. Featuring brilliant cameo appearance by Peter Falk, Billy Crystal and more, and boasting “wonderful scenes and character vignettes” (Leonard Maltin), this lovable film is a fantasy everyone will adore!

When Westley (Elwes) leaves to seek his fortune, his true love, Buttercup (Wright), is captured by an evil prince. Will Westley return in time to save her? Can he battle the wizards, warriors and pirates set in his way? You’ll find out in this “wonderfully inventive” (Los Angeles Times) film for all ages!

Special Features: Theatrical Trailer, Scene Access, Interactive Menus, Included Trivia Booklet

"The Princess Bride" is rated "PG" and has a running time of 98 minutes.

Sleepy Hollow

Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie, enchanting version of the classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror.

Special Features: Scene Access, Cast/Crew Bios, Photo Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Audio Commentary, Interviews, Interactive Menus, Featurette

"Sleepy Hollow" is rated "R" and has a running time of 105 minutes.

The Hurricane: Collector's Edition

Academy Award winner Denzel Washington plays Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a man who, in the prime of his boxing career, finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder. Sentenced to life in prison, Carter’s published memoir, The Sixteenth Round, inspired a teenager (Vicellous Reon Shannon) from Brooklyn and three Canadian activists (Deborah Kara Unger, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber) who believed in the truth, to join forces with Carter to prove his innocence.

Their extraordinary efforts ultimately secure his release, leaving Hurricane to sum up his 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit by simply stating, "Hate got me into this place, love got me out." Don't miss the movie Rolling Stone called "a stirring fight for freedom! Denzel Washington at his powerful, poignant best!"

Special Features: Deleted Scenes, Scene Access, Audio Commentary, Cast/Crew Bios, DVD-ROM Features, Theatrical Trailer, Production Notes, Interactive Menus

"The Hurricane: Collector's Edition" is rated "R" and has a running time of 146 minutes.

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Dantz Development Corporation and QPS, Inc. (www.qps-inc.com ) announced today that QPS will bundle Dantz's award-winning Retrospect® Express Backup software with all of their Que! CD-RW and DVD-RAM drives. The bundle gives customers using either Mac OS or Microsoft Windows an ideal storage solution, complete with flexible backup and restore capabilities, without being required to purchase additional software.

``With Retrospect Express Backup, we're giving our customers an alternative backup method that will take their CD recording to the next level,'' said Pierre Abboud, QPS vice president. ``This valuable tool provides the ability to do unattended incremental backups with flexible media rotation. Retrospect Express, used with our colored Que! Savers CDs, will provide our customers with a complete, professional color-coded digital filing system.''

``Que! Savers come in five colors and allow the use of a different colored CD for each day of the week,'' continued Abboud. ``Using Retrospect Express, users simply select the volumes they want to back up and schedule the backup days and times. Then, they insert the colored CD assigned for that day. The entire backup process is now automated.''

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I/OMagic Corp., a leading developer and marketer of peripheral PC products, Wednesday announced that it recently released the industry's first 16X DVD-ROM drive into the retail marketplace.

The MagicDVD 16X reads all popular DVD and CD formats and features transfer rates of up to 21.6MB/sec for DVD-ROM data and up to 6MB/s for CD data.

``DVD offers consumers the highest quality digital sound and video for their computers,'' said Mike Dendo, vice president of Sales & Marketing for I/OMagic. ``We expect our market share to increase exponentially as I/OMagic already enjoys a strong brand presence in this category.''

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EchoStar Communications Corporation demonstrated today at the annual Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association industry trade show in Las Vegas the world's first combination satellite television receiver with a built-in Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) player -- DISH DVD Model 5422.

The DISH DVD satellite TV receiver with a DISH 500 system will be available to consumers for only $399 during late summer 2000.

DISH DVD offers consumers two home theater components in one, providing a convenient, affordable way to watch their favorite DVD movies as well as hundreds of channels of popular DISH Network programming, such as Discovery, ESPN, Disney and more, all with crisp pictures and crystal-clear, CD-quality sound.

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Sparks flew in New York District Court Tuesday as judge and counsel traded barbs over software that lets users decrypt and potentially copy the digital content of a DVD.

With opening arguments out of the way on Monday, Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday continued to hear witness testimony in a lawsuit brought by some of the industry's biggest studios against Eric Corley (aka Emmanuel Goldstein). His hacker news site, www.2600.org, offers hundreds of links to the decryption program, called DeCSS.

But the proceedings were punctuated by demands from a frustrated Kaplan to both attorneys that they refrain from getting bogged down in either technological minutiae or the deep-seated passions underlying the issues of piracy and free speech.

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