To: Starlight who wrote (2309 ) 2/10/1999 2:25:00 PM From: chris431 Respond to
Interesting. It speaks well of EDIG & LU's technology. It has not been my purpose in this discussion to speak negatively of EDIG's technology. If that were the case, I would have sold my shares during this run (b/c I do believe we will see lower prices in the next week or 2). Actually, I think my postings have been merely for some intellectual stimulation. To be honest, I don't usually read much about what is going on in the online distribution field or the links that people post here. Alot of what I have said has probably already been stated elsewhere. None the less, it was a good digression to revisit my much loved economic theory as opposed to the very boring and methodic legal material I am now reading. None the less, the discussion is rather theoretical in terms of this stock. As we all know, there is no online distribution that threatens the current state of things. That's a simple fact. We may see one once the parties involved have worked out the quality and protection issues. But, this is still not guarantee. Habits die hard, and although I'm a techie, I sure and the hell am not going to let music that I purchase sit idle on my computer. I will demand a hard backup, be it one that I create using my CD-R or some other alternative means. And I don't think the average consumer is willing to do this either. Of all types of people, I should know that it is unlikely my HD will crash or material will get corrupt (then again, maybe us techies know too well that this is a reality). As such, there is not just a hardened foe that is well ingrained that opposes current distribution (corps)....there is the habit of a consumer that has for their lifetime had media on some form of non-erasable matter (yes, I know....cd's wear out, tapes melt, tape wear, etc.). This is not something that will simply go away overnight....the consumer at large is still a technophobe....little else can account for AOL's rise to fame.
