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    Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the future of search is in audio and video. Searching through text on the internet has really reached a maturity point,

    It's certainly time to do field trials and see what happens. Ten years from now mobile TV will be more common. People will be watching it at restaurants, sports bars, subways, buses, airports. But it will probably be 20 years before it's mainstream.

    The labels have complained basically that they're not making enough money on downloads, that they prefer subscription services,

    The music services have been anxious to expand to Europe. It's been the labels dragging their feet. The cloud cover is that there are a lot of different licensing authorities and things are fragmented over there. But when it gets to be important, the labels can get people in line.

    I think whoever came up with this idea understands the online music industry about as well as a cow understands algebra,


    TV is going to move to the Internet. And the best way to get people to try something new is to offer it for free.

    This is an incremental step, because they are limiting it to short form videos and trivia -- stuff that fits with the short attention span mobile customers might have, particularly a youthful subscriber.

    There's nothing that makes more sense than selling digital content. It completely removes the inventory problem. It completely removes physical handling of goods. That's really the holy grail for online retailers.

    The furor could give Sony a black eye, potentially costing the company millions of dollars. They're making consumers apprehensive, ... They're concerned that they're buying something that makes their computer crash. This affects all the labels. The average consumer doesn't know it's just Sony, so they become reluctant to buy CDs.

    If Rhapsody and Microsoft and the manufacturers can get Rhapsody to Go and Napster to Go to work reliably and smoothly, we could see that subscriptions gain market share.

    All the prices do seem to move in lock step. There has been talk of raising prices for several months. I'm surprised (music companies) raised the issue. It's clear the industry convention is 99 cents.

    I don't think it's a fad. Those who lived without it think, 'Why do we need it' But I remember when T-shirts were white. People want to make a statement. And ring tones offer that. I think we'll see growth. You hear complaints from record labels about problems in the digital age, but this is a real net positive.

    A lot of college students still don't feel vulnerable at all.

    Until six months ago, it appeared the Internet brokers were on the periphery.

    Until just before Christmas, the big brokerage firms had tried to ignore it, as though it was some annoying insect that would eventually fly away. Now it's gotten their attention. But most of them are very slow to respond, and there isn't much time.

    So it's hardly a shock that AOL Time Warner would want to unload its music division. Music is in transition, ... AOL doesn't want to focus on a business in transition.

    One reason Yahoo came at this price was they wanted to make it difficult for Amazon and MTV and people like that, that have waited so long to get into the business. I think it's going to be really quite interesting to see what Amazon offers, in terms of pricing.

    Ultimately, contextual ads will be the way to make most money. I'm old enough to remember when 'Maverick' was a popular program so companies will hit me with ads germane to my demographic.

    If the labels really want to fight piracy, it defies logic to increase prices and create more of a disincentive for the consumer to use legitimate providers. If they want to encourage the public to use legitimate online pricing, raising prices is about the last thing they should think of doing.

    This is not going to be a slam dunk for Creative to just go in and get paid.

    Their world is an analog world it isn't digital. Electronic media of the future is clearly going to be digital. So you need to have digital in your DNA.

    Microsoft is saying on behalf of themselves and, indirectly, on behalf of the rest of the subscription (services), 'If you want a subscription offering, if you want the better recurring revenue from subscription pricing, then give us a better price.'

    He's not about to let it happen in digital music.

    The problems facing Hollywood regarding legitimate downloads are in some ways the same ones the music industry has faced. Unfortunately, the movie industry obviously hasn't learned from the mistakes made by the music business. Rather than launch with an all-you-can-eat offering -- the approach the industry's free competitors are winning with -- Hollywood is moving too cautiously and weighing down the few titles it makes available with too many hooks and time restrictions. The initial usage rules are pretty restrictive, ... A good reason for downloading a movie is to take it on a business trip. The 24-hour limitation makes that a problem.

    I guess they feel they don't want to be a leader. They want to be a follower. Eventually, it could hurt Fox if they don't make moves soon to join the bandwagon.

    Certainly some of the luster has come off, but 20 percent growth is nothing to sneeze at.

    Executives have focused so much of their attention on piracy that they've diverted their efforts from developing new talent.

    Since the market has, for the last 10 years, been steadily trending toward digital media, this has worked towards the advantage of Apple.

    Right now he's clearly got the wind at his back. But it's a lot harder to accomplish a goal than it is to identify a goal.

    It's certainly not good news for Sony because sales are already declining across the industry.

    Media does not need to be sold in the physical form factors anymore.

    It's just going to take some time. The BMW is not a mainstream car. But once we all have these new radios, we're all going to wonder why we didn't do this before.

    The Microsoft ecosystem has a lot of moving parts, and in the Apple ecosystem, Apple has complete control.

    This is an echo of what we've seen before. It is a classic case of Microsoft working to establish itself as a de facto standard, now in digital media.

    The labels want to feel like they have some power and influence. They're losing the control they once had.

    We're spending more time on our computers. Even though television viewing is up, there is still a percentage that they're losing. If they put programs on the Internet, they can capture more of the audience. That's one of the key factors driving the networks.

    We've have seen a dramatic and sharp rise in the number of Web conferences.

    It's getting more competitive. They've entered the stage where incremental market share is going to be harder to get and they're going to just have to focus on running the best business they can.

    The potential for music phones is similar to camera phones. People didn't think they needed a camera phone, but once they saw it, they liked it. Music in the phone is the wave of the future, but it will start slowly.

    People have gotten used to listening to songs in the order they want, and they'll want to continue to do so even if they can't get the individual songs from file-trading programs.

    If the Beatles did come on board, I'd imagine you'd see a lot of publicity. It would have the effect of pressing down the accelerator a bit in the online music business.

    Are investors' reactions misguided Not necessarily, although seeing the logic in the investment requires a dash of late-'90s faith. Online music is a gold rush, ... It's obvious the gold is in the hills, and everyone's going to rush in to stake their claim.

    The labels going straight to the consumer has retailers more nervous than a cat with deaf kittens.

    The labels are pushing the subscription services approach.


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