http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,332184,00.html

   The Guardian
   Martin Kettle in Washington
   Thursday June 15, 2000

   American symphony orchestras and musicians' representatives have
   signed a historic agreement to make the internet their primary
   distribution medium for live and recorded concert performances of
   classical music, opera and ballet.

   The agreement, which follows a year of negotiations between more
   than 70 of America's most famous orchestras and the musicians' union,
   recognises that the era of commercially recorded discs could be
   ending.  The web is now poised to become the main source for privately
   purchased orchestral music.

   ...

James Kearney
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