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To: jetcityrandy who wrote (35586)	12/6/1999 11:44:00 AM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

OTOTOTOTOTOT Randy, Can the Performing/Recording Artists Union screw this up, like they did Digital Audio Tape? My take -- mostly they cannot. The only vehicle for DAT was in audio equipment -- it doesn't serve as a PC on-line storage vehicle (the access time would have been way too slow). Writable DVDs can already be purchased, and with Pioneer's announcement it is clear that a version compatible with video DVD players is available. The usage of DVD's in PCs will continue to grow (they're pretty much standard in mid- and high-level systems now). Once writable DVDs come down in price, they'll replace the read-only versions. Video DVD's already have copy-protection built in, so you can't duplicate them (until someone breaks it). Recordable DVDs could then be used just as a VCR is -- to record programs from broadcast television, duplicate your home movies to send to the grandparents, et cetera. The artist's union can't do anything about that. Dave p.s. I just bought a CD-RW and am discovering that there are many more uses than I originally planned on.

To: jetcityrandy who wrote (35586)	12/6/1999 3:35:00 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

O.T. Randy CD-R Demand To Overtake Floppy Disks In 2000 Thursday, December 2, 1999 TOKYO (Nikkei)--Global demand for recordable CDs (CD-Rs) will likely expand to 3 billion units in 2000, outstripping the floppy disk market for the first time, the Japan Recording-Media Industries Association said Thursday. Riding the Internet wave, demand for CD-Rs is especially growing to store downloaded images and other content requiring large data storage capacity. The association estimates world demand for CD-Rs will surge 180% year on year to 1.77 billion units in 1999, with the figure expected to rise 70% in 2000 to 2.99 billion. Demand for floppy disks is forecast to slide 4% to 1.96 billion units this year, and mark a 9% fall to 1.78 billion in 2000. CD-Rs debuted in 1989, offering at least 450 times the storage capacity of floppy disks. Reduced prices for CD-R drives are among other factors responsible for the demand growth. Even though domestic output of CD-Rs accounted for almost half the global market this year, Japanese producers, like TDK Corp. (6762) and Taiyo Yuden Co. (6976), now see difficulties in keeping pace with demand. Meanwhile, Taiwanese rivals are pushing production, aiming to supply over half the global demand this year and 60% or more in 2000. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun