I discovered some segments of this special online (go figure ;) http://science.discovery.com/tv/download/download.html
There are a quite a few video clips and some bring up the topic I've been focused on. Thanks Kim On 3/6/08, Kim Patrick Clow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/6/08, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > But complete albums are still available through iTunes, for a > > reasonable price (and crappy sound quality) for those who still like > > professional selection, pacing and mastering. Because of the nature > > of iTunes' pricing, sometimes you can do better by buying the whole > > album, while sometimes you can do better buying the tunes one at a > > time and assembling it yourself. > > > > That's right, but at least now consumers have more of a choice, and it's > precisely because of the > technology, networks of end users, and market forces. In the TV special > I'm discussing, a former executive > for EMI was relating how in the mid 1990s, IBM and some record labels > financed a very very expensive study that > suggested end users would NOT want to burn music cds for their own use. > This was a major goof on IBM's part > (well the labels too, because they fought the technology tooth and nail > before they found a good model that worked). > IBM didn't learn an earlier study it commissioned in the early 1980s, that > suggested the public at large wouldn't be interested > in PCs and it would have limited market potential. > > Kim > > > > > -- Kim Patrick Clow "Early Music enthusiasts think outside the Bachs!" _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
