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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (2512)3/28/1999 11:35:00 AM
From: Killswitch  Read Replies (1) of 28311
 
I think when you are talking about how Amazon and other e-retailers
of traditional goods are dealing with low margins due to competition,
you also have to consider "are those goods always going to be low
margin?" For instance, I have a high speed line to my apartment here,
and can download a complete uncompressed CD (say around 600 megs)
in around an hour. MP3 would cut that by a factor of 10. So why
do I have to wait 3-7 days for my CDs to arrive by mail (and pay
the delivery company's fees)? This applies to anything using
a "media" for distribution that is currently not being distributed
electronically... newspapers, magazines, books, video/movies. Just
a matter of time (less than 10 years, maybe even 5) until all of
those are primarily distributed electronically. Even movies, which
require the most bandwidth of anything are now going to be done
digitally in your local movie theater. So Amazon may not be as bad
off as you might think ? Actually they will probably still be in
a bad spot since they'll still be paying the music companies/etc.
for the data, rather than other types of information that can be
sold at no cost.

Of course when you are downloading your music, where do you put
it? You need a media server for your house/apartment that will
hold all your "stuff" and serve it up to your tv/stereo/portable
hi-res monitor/etc. Anyone know of some interesting companies
working on this area? Also high-speed wireless access to your
media server while you are on the road or just jogging around
would be sweet... just a pair of headphones with a wireless
receiver built in and you can listen to any of your CDs anywhere.
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