Record company's digital income

[Jenn]

I just read that music downloads totaled $1.1 BILLION last year. What
really startled me though was that 40% of the income was from ring tones.

[MINe 109]

In article
>,
Jenn > wrote:

> I just read that music downloads totaled $1.1 BILLION last year. What
> really startled me though was that 40% of the income was from ring tones.

Not quite high fidelity!

Remember the old days when someone had to synthesize a cell phone ring?

Stephen

[George M. Middius]

Jenn said:

> I just read that music downloads totaled $1.1 BILLION last year. What
> really startled me though was that 40% of the income was from ring tones.

It would've been a lot more if there were such a thing as audio porn.

[MINe 109]

In article >,
George M. Middius <cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net>
wrote:

> Jenn said:
>
> > I just read that music downloads totaled $1.1 BILLION last year. What
> > really startled me though was that 40% of the income was from ring tones.
>
> It would've been a lot more if there were such a thing as audio porn.

"Marianne in the Shower" on the binaural.com demo page doesn't count...

Stephen

[paul packer]

George M. Middius wrote:
> Jenn said:
>
> > I just read that music downloads totaled $1.1 BILLION last year. What
> > really startled me though was that 40% of the income was from ring tones.
>
> It would've been a lot more if there were such a thing as audio porn.

I wonder what made you think of that, George. ;-)

[George M. Middius]

paul packer said:

> > > I just read that music downloads totaled $1.1 BILLION last year. What
> > > really startled me though was that 40% of the income was from ring tones.
> >
> > It would've been a lot more if there were such a thing as audio porn.
>
> I wonder what made you think of that, George. ;-)

No, you may not borrow any of my memberships, paulie.