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To: Tumbleweed who wrote (19859)	3/29/2001 9:54:08 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Tw, regarding the convenience of buying music selections online, I haven't been to a record store in months, but I regularly buy CD's from Amazon.com. Instead of buying the whole CD, which may contain many selections in which I have little or no interest, I would much prefer to download specific selections, even if the cost per selection would be higher than the unit cost for the entire collection. Amazon in this case is just another middleman, and the music publishers/recording companies now have a chance to market directly to the consumer. Here's what I see: You will be able to browse selections, hearing portions of the piece for free. You will be able to download an entire selection for a nominal fee, done from the convenience of your desk top or your cell phone equipped with sufficient memory for downloading. It's just a cheaper, better way of selling music recordings, and as long as there is a convenient way to charge the customer's account, the whole system is likely to promote MORE demand rather than less demand. Art

To: Tumbleweed who wrote (19859)	3/29/2001 10:46:03 AM
From: Steve 667	Respond to of 60323

RIPPING OFF THE RIPPERS Tumbleweed, you hit the nail on the head! Here is a page that was posted several months ago, but I post it again for those who might have missed it. It shows just how much the record companies have been ripping off the artists for years. This is a big reason so many do not feel one little tiny bit bad about downloading from Napster, including yours truly. Two wrongs don't make a right, but who cares. It sure feels good. salon.com Regarding the downloading by song scenario, it appears to me that the record companies are not interested in this nor will they ever be. Why, you ask? Because it makes the record companies completely un-neccessary. This can be done without them. Meaning they will go the route of the dinosaur and the 8 track tape. Regarding consumer embracing any kind of downloading for a fee in which the downloaded music is restricted in any manner whatsoever which would prevent easy transfer of that music to any player (home stereo, car stereo, boat stereo, another MP3 player, portable CD player, boom box etc.) WILL NOT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFETIME. NOT EVER AS IN NEVER! Steve 667