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Non-Tech : BLOCKBUSTER (BBI) - GIANT video specialty chain -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Walter Morton who wrote (4)	7/20/1999 3:07:00 AM
From: Walter Morton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67

How is BBI going to do in the music business? blockbuster.com Will they have to close their music stores due to competition like: cdnow.com musicforce.com broadcast.com audiohighway.com emusic.com mp3.com liquidaudio.com rioport.com amazon.com That's just to name a few. I don't know if you have noticed, but there are lot of people in the music industry that think the future of music is on the internet, but not mail order. They believe the that music will be downloaded to the computer from the internet then transfer to a portable digital music player that does not even use a CD, but provides CD quality music. What is BBI going to do to compete with downloadable digital music? The press releases only mentioned video. Does that mean that VIA is keeping the music part of the business? I don't think so.