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SOME GUESSING RE AVID TECHNOLOGY SETTLEMENT

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posted on Sep 25, 2008 10:17PM

LONGTIMELURKER2,

I think we should not underestimate the amount of possible settlement fee from AVID TECHNOLOGY.

In their 10-Q report for 2007 they disclosed approximately 900 million dollar total net revenue.They also noted approximately 15 percent of this revenue was related to AUDIO income ,something close to 130 million dollar .If EDIG only get 10 percent of that amount toward settlement it will be between 10 - 13 million dollar.

AUDIO

FROM FORM 10-Q

Our Audio segment markets products under the Digidesign, M-Audio and Sibelius brand names. The product categories discussed below may include products marketed under more than one brand.

Professional Audio

Our M-Audio interfaces dovetail with the Digidesign Pro Tools LE product line, allowing users to get high-quality sound in and out of a computer at affordable prices. Users can create audio recordings on their personal computers using optional Pro Tools M-Powered software or with third-party software. We continued to expand the software and interface capabilities of this product family in 2007, including the addition of compatibility with newer technologies such as USB 2.0.

Pro Tools Digital Audio Workstation

Pro Tools is a multi-track, non-linear digital audio workstation comprising a variety of hardware options and bundled software that runs on Macintosh and Windows platforms. Pro Tools workstations provide solutions for the entire audio production process, including recording, editing, signal processing, sound synthesis, integrated surround mixing and mastering, and reference video playback. Pro Tools users work in the professional or aspiring professional music, film, television, radio, multimedia, DVD and Internet production markets. Pro Tools systems support a rich third-party development environment, with more than 100 development partners providing a variety of additional software and hardware add-on options.

Digidesign Pro Tools systems are offered in a variety of price points and configurations, ranging from Pro Tools|HD systems for professional music and post-production environments, to the affordable Mbox 2 and 003 product families for home production studios. The hardware offerings of these product lines are typically bundled with industry-standard Pro Tools software, but can also run third-party software applications. Customers can choose to use Pro Tools with a wide range of audio peripherals, including a variety of mixing control surfaces such as our newly introduced C|24 or those from our ICON family, and our post-production Pro Tools customers can choose a qualified Avid Video peripheral to provide reference video recording and playback.

The Pro Tools product family accounted for approximately 15%, 15% and 18% of our consolidated net revenues in 2007, 2006 and 2005, RESPECTIVELY.

Net revenues 2007 $ 929,570

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