Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Steve Martin wrote:
>
>>In conclusion, IMHO past mega-mergers have not really had any major
>>impact on us CM listeners.
>
>....since it's all about profit, I don't see any reason to expect major
>changes. The Polygram Group and EMI were reducing their new releases in
>response to the market before any mergers; nothing worse has happened
>since.
Thanks for the kind words Don. One other bit of EMI news (well news to
me at any rate) was a blurb I read yesterday where Liquid Audio claims
that they are digitizing EMI's "entire catalog". Hmmm...that would be
impressive if I could query a database and download all those EMI goodies
that I've been hankering for.
Personally, I wouldn't hold my breath and I would be very surprised if
the whole catalog is encoded. I'll believe it when I see it.
Steve M. (Northern Virginia)