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To: Marty Lee who wrote (5398)	2/4/1999 8:19:00 AM
From: Marty Lee	Respond to of 11417

More from the WAVX Files... There will be continued legal pressure from the RIAA and record companies against any site that houses illegal MP3s. The association hopes to scare the world into just paying for the damn things at sites such as MP3.com while it works on implementing serial copy management standards (SCMS) across the board. The freshly formed Genuine Music Coalition, which includes Liquid Audio and 48 record labels, wants to watermark every MP3 that's downloaded legally so that, IF AND WHEN TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS ARE IMPLIMENTED INTO PLAYBACK DEVICES, SCMS will have something to look for. Sounds like music.. sounds like a JOB FOR WAVX! Marty

To: Marty Lee who wrote (5398)	2/4/1999 9:03:00 AM
From: SlateColt	Respond to of 11417

Marty, Don't bother with the Fools, you can't get past their computer yet. << In a message dated 99-02-01 23:18:03 EST, you write: << wavx >> Greetings! We received your request to open a folder. Unfortunately, we do not open folders for stocks that trade around or below $5 per share, bulletin board stocks, or stocks that trade only on foreign exchanges. The reason for the $5 threshold is the attendant risks, as 75% of stocks that trade around or under $5 go onward to $0. Many of these stocks are low-quality companies whose prospects could be hyped by promoters. And, because of their thin market capitalizations, the online medium could be used successfully by people to move the prices on these stocks. We at the Motley Fool wish to avoid these situations. For bulletin board stocks or stocks listed only on foreign exchanges, one issue is the inability to obtain quotes through AOL's quote system online. The other issue is that these stocks do not have to meet the stringent quality requirements of the three main US exchanges (Nasdaq, AMEX, and NYSE). These requirements are not a comment on the stock itself but, rather, are attributable to our limited message board space and certain decisions made at Fool HQ regarding the threshold of quality a company must achieve to be listed on our boards. Apologies, FoolTools >> This is the cheesy automated response that I received after I presented my case why a board should be opened for Wave. The nerve! Fool on, ---Slate

To: Marty Lee who wrote (5398)	2/4/1999 9:38:00 AM
From: SlateColt	Respond to of 11417

Ramblings on Volume - Think Pyramid Consider a 4 story pyramid with the following levels: ====================================================== Pioneers - That's us. We discovered the gem. 2nd Generation - Pioneers' friends, coworkers and relatives who bought the story 3rd Generation - friends, coworkers and relatives of the 2nd generation folks and, of course, the skeptical ones from before 4th Generation - general public buying and institutions ====================================================== 1) Let's start with 50 pioneers (the story tellers) 2) Each pioneer tells 20 people (friends,etc.) --> 2nd gen'ers 3) Each 2nd gen'er tells 20 people --> 3rd gen'ers 4) Each 3rd gen'er tells 20 people --> 4th gen'ers Of course, not all will buy at each level but let's say 50% do: Pioneers - 50 buyers 2nd Gen'ers - 50 x 10 = 500 buyers 3rd Gen'ers - 500 x (10+5) = 7,500 buyers 4th Gen'ers - 7,500 x (10+7) = 127,500 buyers As you can see a lot of buying power is created exponentially. I believe we're experiencing some 3rd gen purchases as I can personally attest to considering my mother called me last night to get the web site address of Wave for some friends of hers (nightmare, but that's another story) Sorry for the ramblings, I was doodling on a pad and thought I'd share ---Slate