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To: BuzzVA who wrote (8931)	1/5/2000 11:08:00 AM
From: $Mogul	Respond to of 18366

Yeah wow terrific..I love the word Licencse... because that is where the money rolls in. There will be more of these Licencing arrangements which will reall help our stock price in the long run. Good to see that a definite plus.

To: BuzzVA who wrote (8931)	1/5/2000 1:25:00 PM
From: Jon Stept	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18366

Thank you for the press release, and with all due respect... It would be prudent to not lose sight of the long term perspective as an investment. I welcome discussion on the following concern: I don't understand why any of the music cartel that owns all the music that is not avaialble in the public domain (like Happy Birthday To You) will change. IBM didn't. Sears didn't. GM didn't. None of these companies who owned the space they were in- computers, retail, cars- changed their model until they were threatened by sales. How does an internet player threaten the music cartel's sales? There is no legal alternative. That lock on the content makes the music companies a force of nature with the level of inertia that produces. History shows this. Are they motivated to change distirbution to the internet, spend all that money or will they continue to distribute via retail/catalog/internet stores? Is there cost savings on distribution for them when they cut out the stores? Or, will the internet music space really be useful when a company outside the cartel starts to own the music? I think the cartel will continue to string along the internet idea but strategically drag their feet to maxamize profits and they won't change until their sales are threatened or very, very, significant cost benefits occur by moving to the internet as opposed to the offline/online stores. Looking for a friendly discussion on these issues concerning EDIG's long term growth. Just my opinion, and good luck to all in you investments/trading. Jon :)