(idm) tech: e-commerce and music distribution

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




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>                                                         ! GENERAL NEWS 
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>  Report: Sony to offer downloading of music onto minidiscs 
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>   (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


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