Today (Sunday, 18 July) The Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch (which is on line, by the way - try www.timesdispatch.com) printed a Scripps Howard News Service article (no reporter or dateline, so it's likely subscription filler) titled, "Digital music still doesn't play prime time" citing a study by a "New York Internet firm Jupiter Communications." Lucas Graves of Jupiter Commo is quoted as saying that digital downloading is going to take a lot longer to catch on with lots of people than expected (maybe 3% of online consumers by 2003 compared to less than 1% of online consumers who buy music online today). They point to several problems, not the least of which are: many people are lazy and will buy CDs and cassettes rather than make their own AND finding content, particularly popular artists, on the Internet is a problem AND the technology (presumably the online purchase procedures as well as how the music gets downloaded to a PC and then uploaded to a Rio or other player) is "for net savvy" (compared to simple Net user) persons, according to the study. On the positive side, Rio and DIMD are both mentioned (indeed, the only company mentioned although no URL is given), and Lorraine Comstock of Rioport is quoted favorably on the piracy issue.
Regards,
Harry |
