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The demand for portable digital music players is poised to skyrocket this year

A recent report from analyst group In-Stat forecasts that the market for hard-drive devices and flash-based devices will reach more than 104 million units worldwide by 2009, compared with the 27.8 million on record for 2004. It also notes that MP3 player sales reached $4.5 billion worldwide last year, an increase of 200% over 2003. >> Reuters

Friendship rules

In the last couple of weeks 'friendship' is discussed and maybe more the meaning of friendship in our lives. My motto: Value the difference! VIVA!

If not:

EU weighs plan to help online music market

A European Union initiative to foster EU-wide licensing of online music businesses and royalty collection is due out in early July, a source close to the situation said Thursday. >> Reuters

Gotshrimp >> Ooh my ... now the boys and girls representing only themselfs are going to get involved too. This means they want to get a grip on the business to ask more tax! VIVA! Please let me know if any government has helped you in the last 5 years.

Online music royalties challenged

The "unreasonable" royalties composers and music publishers demand for digital downloads is being challenged. >> BBC news

Gotshrimp >> Somebody does not want digital music to be interesting for some of the people involved in tha value chain. Distributing music via the internet saves a lot of effort for everybody, so normally it should be cheaper ;-)