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Article: DIGITAL DOWNLOADS NOT LOGICAL REPLACEMENT OF DVD/CD.(according to International Recording Media Association)
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- CD Computing News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Members of the International Recording Media Association (IRMA), Princeton, N.J., are sharply criticizing a recent report that hypes digital downloads of music and movies as the logical replacement for DVDs and CDs.
The trade organization cites numerous misleading conclusions made by the August 2003 report, titled "From Discs to Downloads," from Forrester Research, Inc.
IRMA said Forrester's fumbles include the following: 1) assuming the simple downloading of individual, short-form, audio-only music tracks will translate directly into widespread downloading of full-length, media-rich motion pictures; 2) overlooking the cable, online and movie ...