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To: Pruguy who wrote (5083)2/15/1999 2:40:00 PM
From: Ron  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 41369
 
realnetworks has 50mm registered users

Nothing against Real Networks..but the above is one major difference.
No registration..no nothing required to download and play mp3 files.
Most of the players are freeware..and most of the music is free..and much higher fidelity than anything RealAudio can currently handle.
You perhaps have heard of the new Diamond Rio player...it plays mp3 files! If you want to know more about mp3, ask any college student with a web connection...or visit a few of these sites..
2look4.com
members.tripod.com
mp3now.com
exchange2000.com
I am a shareholder of both AOL and NSCP..have no axe to grind..just interested in getting the latest info out there. If you don't know about mp3...excuse me..but you haven't been paying attention.



To: Pruguy who wrote (5083)2/21/1999 8:39:00 PM
From: Guy Gordon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 41369
 
Pruguy: You and Ron are talking about two different things.

MP3 is *much* more popular than RealAudio on the internet -- but it's almost all piracy, not business.

Do you know what is the single largest newsgroup on the internet? alt.binaries.sounds.mp3 Using that, and IRC and ICQ, people are exchanging CDs without paying the record companies *anything*.

So which record companies should I short?