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Re: (A Tad Off-Topic) Fascinating Six-Part Article

2008-04-20 by ceccles_ca

Jeff (the music biz weasel)
Thanks for that!

The major labels have been shockingly slow to adapt to tech change. 
At present, a band's complete catalogue can be distributed on one or
two SD flash cards without lossy compression.  CDs, MP3s and iPods
will all be obsolete in 5 years or less.  It's like the vinyl industry
situation back in 1982.  How many vinyl industry people around the
world were forced to adapt?

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