New Interactive Media Group PLG

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Notice rules of the per-system agreement.

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From: Michael Dwan Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 10:18 PM To: Pete Peter Cc: Steven Roseta; Michael Dwan Subject: OEM Communications Bulletin: IMG PGL Updated Importance: High

A new Interactive Media Group PLG has been published with significant revisions:


 * Encarta Encyclopedia: has substantially reduced royalties at 25k and 10k volumes.


 * Graphics category has been added. Previously DAD owned: Picture It!, Greetings.


 * Greetings & Picture It!: substantial royalty reductions and added UK English edition. Picture It! Express is also now available.


 * Games: Price reductions on Age of Empires, CART, Monster Truck 1


 * New Products Added:

- Games: Combat Flight Sim, MotoCross Madness 3D, Urban Assault, OutWars, Close Combat 3, Pinball Arcade, revenge of Arcade.

- Mapping: MapPoint

- Personal Finance: TaxSaver

- Reference: Encarta Africa

- Dreamworks: small Soldiers: Squad Commander (an OEM exclusive!)

- Kids: My Personal Tutor 1st & 2nd grade - Graphics: Home Publishing.


 * New Versions: Auto Route Express, Money, Encarta Virtual Globe/World Atlas, Bookshelf, Golf, Monster Truck Madness, Greetings, Picture It, Expedia Streets and Trips 2000.


 * Internet Properties: Fighter Ace and Zone clients with online time (only offered in NA at 200k units and up).


 * DVD skus added: Graphics Studio Home Publishing, Kids super combo, Close Combat 1-3 Series, Encarta. * International: reduced pricing of Japanese languages titles, they are now in line with other international versions.


 * Deletions: Flight Sim v6.0, Golf 2.0 and 3.0, Kids Plus Pack, My Personal Tutor Pre School to First Grade, autoMap Streets & Trip Planner v5.0. AutoRoute Express Europe & GB v5.0, Encarta World Atlas v3.0.

Account Managers should cease using the previous versions of the IMG PGL at this time.

Sent: Thursday, August 20, 1998 10:18 PM To: Pete Peter Cc: Steven Roseta; Michael Dwan Subject: OEM Communications Bulletin: IMG PGL Updated

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 * Royalty amounts are expressed in US $ Dollars


 * Pricing is based on a one year volume agreement


 * Pricing is "per-system" only. Prices herein are for Microsoft application products shipped in combination with an OEM's defined PC systems on a per-system basis. A Per-system agreement is a license in which all units of a particular OEM model name and/or number are licensed and a royalty is due for the MS product whenever that particular model is shipped ..

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 * Applications may not be licensed to OEMs that are known to be unbundlers.

Applications licenses may not be offered to OEMs with a history of unbundling for a minimum of twelve months and require OEM director approval. Licenses may not be offered to OEMs that are under investigation for unbundling until the investigation is complete.

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