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)