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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4195)	11/16/1998 7:42:00 PM
From: Cameron Dorey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

"The music industry better be careful. MP3 could hit them hard in the pocket book." I don't know anything about the music scene today (I just know what I like), but it sounds to me like this isn't a made-to-order rip-off scheme, it's another distribution channel. If you bought a Zip disk for $7, and recorded $9 worth of the songs you like from the net (assuming that you could get about a CD's worth of songs for $9), you've got a CD (OK, a Zip-CD) with no klunkers in it for approximately the same cost as a ready-made one. Or, even if the whole thing cost more than a regular CD, it might be worth it, because you would have just what you like. Now all we need is a decompression chip in a Zip (or clik) drive to output stuff directly to a home audio system, w/o the computer intermediary. I'm sure the stuff is out there, it may even be put together now. Cameron "Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have."

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4195)	11/16/1998 11:08:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

RE: MP3 >>With near quality CD sound...<< "Near quality" don't cut it. Especially with DVD-Audio discs right around the corner that deliver audio with 10 times the quality of CD. >>the store bought CD could be obsolete. << Don't think so. Reasons are many, will discuss at another time. >>There are thousands of songs available on the Internet for download, FREE. << Yes, and by in large, they are unsigned bands that suck. As bad as some major artists are IMO, the Record Companies do act as a quality filter. How crap like N'Sync and Backstreet Boys creeps through is beyond me. >Some are illegal, as you are infringing on copyright, but the underground MP3 factories are ripping new MP3's every minute.<< If true, leads to an astounding lack of morality in regards to theft and copyright law. If MP3 manufacturers and their consumers cannot get along with the Record Companies and the law, they will be put out of business, pronto (or in jail).