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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedThe Three Ring Circus of MP3, CE and SDMI.
Dealerscope: The Business of CE Retailing, June, 2000 by Dritsas, David
A good laugh.
That's the first thing you'll get when you ask industry insiders what's been happening with MP3 music and the Internet. The news in this industry has been a soap opera of lawsuits, private investigations and name-calling. But as laughable as this comedic melodrama may be, it's leaving consumers confused and unsure about the technology, even with the promises of the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI).
Consumer confusion is not what's wanted at a time when Sony, Circuit City, Sharp and Lexar have teamed up to promote Memory Products and when BestBuy.com has inked deals with Liquid Audio, Inc. and Supertracks, as the initial service providers for music downloads.
To first understand the magnamity of the situation, you first...
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