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Z Moser
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Sun, 19 Jan 2003 04:49:05 +0000
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Re: [idm] who needs labels?
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quoted 12 lines Z Moser said the following on 19/01/2003 3:09:> >Z Moser said the following on 19/01/2003 3:09: > >> I am going to make a assumption that the part of the world that doesn't >>have easy acess to the web probaly also doesn't have a big selection of >>music stores in their neighboorhood either. This is just a guess. >> >> >And I'd guess you're wrong. > >Internet *access* alone isn't sufficient for p2p music-sharing to work, it >needs to be private, dedicated and cheap.
This is true. Except for those places that it is allready private dedicated and cheap. So I guess you are right it wouldn't work for the whole world, but that doesn't mean it can't work for part of it.
quoted 4 lines How much time and money is it going to cost to download an album over a> >How much time and money is it going to cost to download an album over a >shared 56k dialup from a Calcutta cyber cafe, or somewhere similar in >Thailand, China, Brazil, etc?
I'm not sure, I've never lived in or visited these places nor reasearched these prices.
quoted 3 lines It would almost always be cheaper to buy it from a local or online music> >It would almost always be cheaper to buy it from a local or online music >store.
Still, how do you know what your buying? I guess it's back to the guessing and hoping game for these unfortunate peoples. zach _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org