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)