e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

[murrayhill]

Sadly, the argument is unchanged from '00
Success in selling MASS numbers of SECURE downloads depends still on the mass/inexpensive availability of broadband IN THE HOMES of the people who buy music. Inflexibility on the part of the publishers on behalf of the writers of music who will not yield significantly on their royalty per download; they are already taking a major hit by losing mechanical royalties on all of the "filler" tracks that won't be sold.

These days there aren't many of those "one-tune" CD's, Matt. It's a tough battle for the listener's money and acts like 50 cent (for example) are currently charting multiple tunes from the same collection.