Legal Protection: National Legislation Intellectual property - comprising industrial property and copyright - in general is protected by national legislation. Therefore those rights are limited territorially and can be exercised only within the jurisdiction of the country or countries under whose laws they are granted.

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Extract of AOL Time Warner’s Content Production and Distribution Holdings The following selection does not claim to present an exhaustive listing, but rather picks some of the company's most important assets. Due to the rapid developments in the world of media giants the list is also subject to changes. Cable TV Systems and Channels/Networks Time Warner Cable has 12.6 million subscribers in the U.S. and also runs 5 local 24-hour news stations. Cable TV channels/networks (some part-owned): HBO, HBO Plus, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Comedy, HBO Zone, Cinemax, MoreMAX, ActionMAX, ThrillerMAX, HBO en Espa-ol, Comedy Central, Court TV, HBO Ole, HBO Asia, HBO Central Europe, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN International, CNNfN, CNN/Sports Illustrated, CNN en Espa-ol, CNN Airport Network, CNN Radio, CNN Radio Noticias, CNN Interactive TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, TNT Europe, Cartoon Network Europe, TNT Latin America, Cartoon Network Latin America, TNT & Cartoon Network/Asia Pacific, CNN+, n-tv Movies, TV, Video Production, and Movie Theaters Warner Bros. film studio Warner Bros. Television production studios Warner Bros. Home Video Turner worldwide Home Video Turner Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment movie production company New Line Cinema movie production company Warner Bros. film library Turner Film Library Hanna Barbera Cartoons Owns many movie houses, with over 1,000 screens, around the world Book Publishing Time Life Inc. Book-of-the-Month Club Warner Books Little, Brown and Company Oxmoor House Leisure Arts Sunset Books Magazines Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Life, Money, Parenting, In Style, Entertainment Weekly, Cooking Light, Baby Talk, First Moments, Coastal Living, Health, Progressive Farmer, Southern Accents, Southern Living, Sports Illustrated, For Kids, Sunset, Teen People, Time for Kids, Weight Watchers, Mutual Funds, Your Company, Asiaweek, President, Wallpaper. Hippocrates Recorded Music Warner Music Group The Atlantic Group Elektra Entertainment Group Rhino Entertainment Sire Records Group Warner Bros. Records Warner Music International WEA Inc. WEA Corp. WEA Manufacturing Ivy Hill Corp. Warner Special Products Alternative Distribution Alliance Giant Merchandising Deals with record labels include: Maverick records Tommy Boy Sub Pop Qwest 143 Records Internet and New Media About 130 Websites including: CNN.com, AllPolitics.com, CNNSI.com, Time Digital, People, Southern Living, Sports Illustrated Turner New Media Online Services including: Compuserve, Netscape, Netcenter Pro Sports Teams and Promotions Atlanta Braves major league baseball team Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball team World Championship Wrestling Goodwill Games Other Six Flags entertainment/excursion parks Warner Bros. Movie World theme park Over 150 Warner Bros. stores, plus Turner Retail Group 25 % stake in Atari 14 % stake in Hasbro Business Connections with Other Media Companies Joint ventures, equity interests or major arrangements with Viacom, Sony, Bertelsmann, News Corp., Kirch, EMI, Tribune Co., and others.

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The World Wide Web History Project The ongoing World Wide Web History Project was established to record and publish the history of the World Wide Web and its roots in hypermedia and networking. As primary research methods are used archival research and the analysis of interviews and talks with pioneers of the World Wide Web. As result a vast of collection of historic video, audio, documents, and software is expected. The project's digital archive is currently under development. http://www.webhistory.org/home.html

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VISA Visa International's over 21,000 member financial institutions have made VISA one of the world's leading full-service payment network. Visa's products and services include Visa Classic card, Visa Gold card, Visa debit cards, Visa commercial cards and the Visa Global ATM Network. VISA operates in 300 countries and territories and also provides a large consumer payments processing system.

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