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To: MythMan who wrote (39612)	5/7/1999 5:44:00 PM
From: Lucretius	Respond to of 86076

LOL!!

To: MythMan who wrote (39612)	5/7/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: John Pitera	Respond to of 86076

Get after it there MM, just feel those blues wisp away in a cloud of smoke. -g-

To: MythMan who wrote (39612)	5/9/1999 5:39:00 PM
From: John Pitera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

progressive rock guitarist Robert Fripp of King Crimson. They are developing new companies in hopes of chipping away at a business that loses money on far more records than it profits from.<i/> Mention of Pebert Fripp of King Crimson in Sunday NYT story among them the musician, computer whiz and virtual-reality pioneer Jaron Lanier They are developing new companies in hopes of chipping away at a business that loses money on far more records than it profits from. Despite the rhetoric on the Internet about an online music revolution bringing down the record establishment, it is not the Internet per se that is going to grant musicians their freedom. It's the idea of the Internet-in other words, the knowledge that there is an alternative to the system. The golden age of the Internet-as a freewheeling, chaotic world where all information is available free of charge and everybody is equal-is fast coming to an end. There's too much money at stake for it not to be transformed into a new revenue stream for corporations. Look at the record labels. It may seem as if they are running scared because recent technological advances have made it very easy for Internet users to copy and distribute their favorite CDs on line without authorization, but the truth is that the labels have already found a way to turn this new technology to their financial advantage. nytimes.com