Harvard Law School broadcasts live on the Internet using Xing StreamWorks; assistant secretary of commerce to present white paper during interactive on-line seminar

Business Wire, April 22, 1996

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1996--At 5:30 p.m. EDT, Harvard Law School will host an interactive on-line seminar live on the Internet using innovative audio and video streaming software from Xing Technology Corp.

Using Xing's StreamWorks, a select audience will hear and see Assistant Secretary of Commerce Bruce Lehman live and in real time over the Internet as Lehman presents his controversial white paper titled ``Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure.''

The first solution to enable live audio and video broadcasting on the Internet, StreamWorks provides MPEG-based digital compression and real-time streaming, letting users receive audio and video over the Internet with no wait for a file download.

Already in use by professional media companies such as NBC and Reuters for news broadcasting, StreamWorks is well suited for education and training.

``Distance learning is the future of education, and with StreamWorks, students can view live video over the Internet on a standard multimedia PC, without the large expense of older, traditional distance-learning hardware,'' said Howard Gordon, president and founder of Xing Technology.

Lehman's Internet appearance is part of a semesterlong seminar at Harvard Law School taught by Professors Charles Nesson and Arthur Miller. Throughout the seminar, titled ``Law, Internet and Society,'' Nesson and Miller coordinate a variety of guest speakers.

In addition to Lehman, Sherry Turkle, professor at MIT and an influential personality on the Internet, and Jan Constantine, vice president and general counsel of News America, a division of News Corp., have also appeared.

``This is just the first step for us,'' said Nesson, a longtime professor at Harvard Law School and host of ``Ethics in America,' a program on the Public Broadcasting System. ``We hope to integrate StreamWorks into many of our sessions, enhancing our students' educational experience by providing them with live input from practitioners.''

The select group responding to Lehman's presentation will include David Nimmer, author of ``Nimmer on Copyright,'' the standard reference treatise in the field, and counsel to the law firm of Irell & Manella in Los Angeles.

Other participants include intellectual-property practitioners from the Los Angeles-based law firm of Riordan & McKinzie, the Monterey, Calif.-based law firm of Davis & Schroeder and the New York-based firm of Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett.

``Having these intellectual-property experts and lawmakers from around the world participate via the Internet is a wonderful innovation,'' observed Nesson. ``New technologies like StreamWorks are revolutionizing the way we communicate and interact with each other.''

Xing expects even deeper cooperation with Harvard and other universities in the future. ``The full potential of our StreamWorks software has yet to be reached,'' said Gordon. ``We are enthusiastic about developing unique and interactive applications of StreamWorks for Harvard Law School and other educational institutions.''

About Xing Technology

A pioneer in digital-compression software, Xing (pronounced ``ZING'') is the leader in standards-based solutions for creating, delivering and playing digital audio and video. Xing Technology Corp. is located at 1540 W. Branch St., Arroyo Grande, Calif. 93420; telephone 805/473-0145. -0-

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CONTACT: Xing Technology Corp., Arroyo Grande

Greg Biggers, 805/473-0145

gbiggers@xingtech.com

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Harvard Law School, Cambridge

David Becker, 617/496-3309