Klarinet Archive - Posting 001327.txt from 2000/05

From: "Musicstudents.com" <jonsmith@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: [kl,c] Does On-line Music make any money?
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 03:04:49 -0400

>I mean, would MP3.COM pay virtuoso salaries and hire half-a-dozen
world class symphony orchestras with the likes of Szell conducting and
commission the likes of Aaron Copland in order to sell $5.95 file
downloads?

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Actually, there were some news stories out here in San Diego that described
MP3.com buying hundreds of CD's from record stores and then returning them
for a full refund when they were finished loading them into their computers.
You'd think they'd at least buy one copy before violating the copyrights.

Personally I think the sound quality would be an issue with classical versus
rock and pop. On-line distribution may work someday, but MP3's wouldn't be
the format, and it would be expensive to transmit full CD's on-line.

Jonathan
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