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To: Charlie Smith who wrote (4273)	1/20/1999 8:23:00 AM
From: Tony B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5944

Charlie - heh. Yeah, I didn't think they were going to set up ftp sites for stealing mp3s. g I think they'll do allright, as I'm sure they have thought about just what I'm worried about. The music industry seems to attack anything with MP3 in the title. It doesn't matter whether everyone knows it's legal or not. The music industry will just say that ADPT is encouraging music pirating, however crazy that sounds. From what I've seen, the music industry is like a spoiled brat that used to be the kid with all the toys. Suddenly there's a new toy in town and he wants to squash it. I'm sure you're right and everything will be okay, but I'll still worry. g llater, Tony B

To: Charlie Smith who wrote (4273)	1/20/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Starowl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5944

Adaptec's move to incorporate MP3 into its CD recording software is a positive development and a need recognized nearly a year ago. Today's press release had this from David Ulmer: "There is nothing as hot on the Internet today as music in the MP3 format," said Dave Ulmer, general manager of Adaptec's Software Products Group, "And nothing as hot on the desktop as CDRecording. Through this alliance we are able to offer MP3 fans a great combination of content and CDRecording software that makes it fun and easy to record their own music CDs." Some history: Early last year (9 April 98), on a newsgroup (comp.publish.software.cdrom) someone suggested to David Ulmer the need for MP3 software recording: "Hello, am looking for a MP3 to WAV decoder/encoder. I have had no luck in finding a program to go backwards from mp3 to wav." And he responded: "So, I take it having the ability to burn an audio CD directly from MP3 files might be a nice addition to a CD-R package? -- D" x15.dejanews.com This is heads-up, proactive product development in action, and a good reason for the success of Adaptec's Software Products Group. A bit of arcane research, for what it's worth. Ulmer keeps in touch with the cognoscenti of CD recording by contributing, on Adaptec's behalf, to several newsgroups. At least one other member of the staff does the same. This keeps them informed of problems with the software and makes them aware of areas for development. Starowl