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To: Lorraine R who wrote (89)	4/11/1999 9:57:00 PM
From: bert coish	Respond to of 776

Lorraine R Lorraine you show a sign of nervourness. Tomorrow will be the indicator, if SBX moves up, you don't have a worry and my bet is it will move up. One house in particular, was the big seller Friday & the word is, it has completed it's selling. Respectfully, Bert

To: Lorraine R who wrote (89)	4/11/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: Fred C. Dobbs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 776

Hi Lorraine, Kids today are no different than when we were kids. We had records, 8-tracks, pre-recorded cassettes, and now cds. When we wanted greatest hits for parties or cruising, we either recorded it ourselves or bought K-tel. At $15 a pop, that's not much of a deal for single or assorted artists. IMHO there's nothing better than a vast collection of original albums. I have neither the time nor desire, to start downloading music from the net. I will shop or order them online though. Someone made a comment about not wanting to wait for deliveries when ordering. That may be true for new tunes, but does it matter for older selections. Columbia House has been in bizness for a long time. Cassettes and DAT players never drove them out of bizness. Here's hoping, SBX will be music to our ears.

To: Lorraine R who wrote (89)	4/12/1999 12:52:00 AM
From: Fred C. Dobbs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 776

Now this is scarey. I guess I'm wrong. We do know CDs are overpriced, hopefully they'll become cheaper and we can still capitalze on SBX's venture. newsalert.com Internet users can already retrieve thousands of songs from Web sites for playback on their computers or pocket-sized digital devices by using downloading formats, the best known of which is MP3. Record companies oppose existing versions of these formats because they allow unauthorized copying of songs for which no royalties are paid. Alarmed that formats like MP3 could threaten profits of the $40 billion-a-year industry, music companies have launched a Secure Digital Music Initiative to hammer out a secure format for Internet music. IBM's effort so far has the backing of several major record labels, including BMG, EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music. The company plans to launch a pilot phase of EMMS for Web surfers in San Diego in June. Officials with RealNetworks, which has worked on its own secure music format, said the company was throwing in its lot with IBM because it believed the industry giant was leading the online music pack. "They are driving what the industry wants to see as far as security and setting up a rights clearing house," said Maria Cantwell, senior vice-president for consumer affairs and electronic commerce, told Reuters.