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The End of Physical Media

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-only-a-matter-of-time dept.

L-s-L69 writes "The register is reporting that Forrester is predicting that a third of all music sales will be made by downloads in the next five years. They also predict that almost 15 per cent of films will be viewed by "on-demand" services such as rather than by DVD or video by 2005. "

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  1. Re:Video On Demand by mjh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Get a TiVo. Then PPV turns into delayed VOD. It gets rid of all of those delays that you're talking about and you get to keep the rental for as long as you're willing to leave it on the disk (or as long as you want when you archive it to VHS or DVD).

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  2. In RIAA Union... by doppleganger871 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...the downloads own you! Actually, the kicking and screaming of the RIAA will try to slow down that process as much as possible.

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  3. Meanwhile... by Malicious · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Meanwhile CNN reports that 69% of all statistics are made up...

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