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To: Santa Claus who wrote (5060)	1/22/1999 11:47:00 AM
From: REM55	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11417

Dear Santa Claus: Does Rudolf have a red nose?

To: Santa Claus who wrote (5060)	1/22/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: SlateColt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11417

Embassy can be utilized to protect ANY digital content. However, delivering music over Embassy opens up a whole can of worms and clashes head on with consumers and their habits. Why you ask? Because today if I buy a music CD at a record store, I can play the CD at home, in my car or over at my friends' house, basically anywhere I choose to take the CD to. Instead, if I choose to download that same CD that is Wave-enabled from the internet, it is my understanding that then I am limited to listening to it only on the same device that I downloaded it from. That means I can't listen over at my friends house or even on another PC in the household. I don't think consumers would/will EVER accept this limitation without a consention or two. Hopefully, Wave has partly addressed this issue as multiple PC/device homes become more prevalent. The basic need of being able to "link" an entire household/business of Embassy chips to a single account is pretty obvious. A complete solution isn't easy. The internet and MP3 has turned the music industry upside down, putting its entire existence into question. With MP3, what prevents an artist from selling his work directly to the consumer? The answer is: Not Much. And instead of the .50¢ or so artists collect now from album sales, it will be the entire amount in the case of an outright purchase or by the song in the case of pay-per-listen. The same principles apply to pay-per-listen, once you listen to the album enough, you have a fully "licensed" album. And the amount should be substantially lower for digital versions, say $3 or $4, since packaging costs are almost nil and big fat executives don't have to be paid. The recording industry has been robbing us for years charging $13 and higher for a CD. All that greed will be their ruin in the end. If I were Wave management, I'd be knocking on the door of every new recording artist and introducing them to MyPublish.Com. The reason I say new ones, is because the recording industry certainly won't allow signed artists under contract to go behind their back and sell their stuff. ---Slate