Wayne M. Smith said:
>
> I think we agree then as I believe O'Reilly's attempted point was that
> virtually all of the "samplers" are buying. That's the myth.
>
Yes... but the OTHER myth is that they WOULD buy if they COULDN'T sample.
That is certainly untrue, as well.
Each song downloaded by a "sampler" certainly does not represent a lost sale.
I would be suprised if even 1% of downloaded songs represented actual lost
sales for the record companies....I think that's part of the point O'Reilly
was making.
- Dan Wright
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Received on Mon Dec 16 2002 - 09:49:00 GMT