Having a file compression format and MP3 players aren't enough. The catalyst for online music distribution will be products that offer security for digital content and standards around which consumer electronics companies and others can build products.
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The economy is changing all the time. There are jobs that don't exist here anymore.
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It's not a proven business model yet. There will be some advertisers who won't mind sponsoring lots of crappy content cause they want to get in front the kids who go to these sites. But there are lots of advertisers who don't want anything do with it... One thing I can guarantee you is there's not enough advertising dollars to go around.
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In this country the carriers have the upper hand, not the handset manufacturers, because our phones are heavily subsidized. In five years we believe there will be more music phones than MP3 players.
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It's kind of subtle, because they're making money off of advertising that they show both to subscribers and non-subscribers. They're trying to apply a lot of different tactics to this overall strategy of migrating the business from primarily fee-based to primarily advertising-based.
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