From David J. Gebhart Sent Fri, Jan 29th 1999, 20:13
from the Associate Press. this should come as no surprise. so straight to md, eh? so obviously the music file is compressed? great. </sarcasm> daevid j >|R= PAGE SLUG CART(s) AUDIO WRITER DATE TOTAL > |R= |C=3293|R= |N=AP-Sony-Internet 01-|R= |B= |R= |N= : |R= APv1nt--ir |N=Fri Jan 29 04:10|R= :41 >|B=AP-Sony-Internet |H > ---------------- > ! GENERAL NEWS ! >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > Report: Sony to offer downloading of music onto minidiscs >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >|B= > (Tokyo-AP) -- Forget going to the record store. Never mind >ordering C-D's online. Sony is about to cut out the middleman. > A report today in Japan says Internet users will eventually be >able to download music and record it straight onto minidiscs. > It won't be free, but you won't have to pay for stuff you don't >want. The report says customers would be charged according to the >number of songs downloaded or the playing time of the music. > Sony won't confirm the story, but the company has been >aggressively promoting the minidisc. > (GraphicsBank: search for Sony) > (Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) > APTV-01-29-99 0408CST|H ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com