What will replace the CD?
"Jenn" wrote in message
I would be surprised of there is ANY newly produced
physical music media in about 5 years.
There is arguably more newly produced physical music (and video) media than
ever. What changed is who produces the in-use media - now the consumer
produces it from downloads and content he makes by himself or with friends.
What is arguably going away is specialized media for distributing audio and
video, and the business of loading of that media in central specialized
factories.
IOW, people now load their own flash cards and CDs. People now make their
own audio and video content.
Flash devices and CDs are generalized, user-managed media for handling just
about any kind of data, and are not specialized one-time-use media for just
music or video.
The other big change is that producing the video and audio content is
becoming far more decentralized.
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