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To: bob who wrote (7666)	9/5/1999 11:18:00 AM
From: BuzzVA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18366

Not having listened to the other codecs yet myself, in my mind it's all about the music the labels will be offering for the consuming public. I agree with bob. If the Sonys of the music world don't code what the public wants to hear, this will all be for not. I highly doubt that will happen. Too many $$$ at stake here. When you see the Shania Twains, Smashing Pumpkins, & Placido Domingos of the world available for download it sure as hell won't be as an MP3! Keep in mind all the artists' contracts probably have to be renegotiated to include digital sales. Any music industry people out there who can shed some light on that subject? I'd be interested in hearing about it. Another 30-60 days and the picture will be clearer. Expect a bunch more volatility in the absence of news. God I love roller coasters!

To: bob who wrote (7666)	9/7/1999 8:52:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 18366

bob, <<Using his bully pulpit at TheStreet.com he is able to disseminate his slanted and warped POV without any response.>> A while back somebody posted that review to this thread and you did not have fit about then. Now, this guy repeats what is in the review and tell people where they can find it so they can read it for themselves, and you have a fit? It's old news to us, but it is news. Why not direct more people to the news? Perhaps he is trying to manipulate the stock price, but he is just repeating what somebody else said. Consider yourself lucky that he didn't say anything about how the stock price has dropped. I hope EDIG does not waste its time trying to rebut this. <<Using one so-called "study" from three "professional listeners" (are they being paid to listen? If so I wonder who is paying them...) to say that MP3 is as good as EPAC or any other codec>> Those three "professional listeners" are not the only people who claim that EPAC is not the best. A post was made to this thread not too long ago that stated that there are new codecs coming out that are better than EPAC. Everybody pretty much ignored that post and the post of the review. But now that the review may reach a larger audience, you get defensive? <<If MP3 was so good then why aren't the music labels encoding their libraries with it? How do you know what the music labels are doing? <<I guess SONY missed the message too.>> It would not be the first time Sony missed something -- Bata Max. Memory Stick has an up hill battle and so does the Super Audio CD. Now they are looking into plastic CDs. <<Security is another little topic that Mr. Seymour conveniently fails to mention. I suppose it will be MPfree forever then.>> bob, you know security is not an issue in Phase I. You also know that the SDMI no longer has an issue MP3. By Phase II or before MP3 will be as secure as any other codec. Did you read this: wired.com Is EDIG going too low and you are just getting a little nervous?