I'm excited about the potential of the technology, but right now video is pretty brutal.
David Card
It's not about competition yet, it's about growing the market.
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AOL isn't letting anybody into their network, if they don't have to. There's no incentive for AOL to cooperate with anyone.
They've just come out of nowhere, and they're huge. They've done a number of things that were really smart. One was blogging. People have been doing personal home pages for as long as the Internet's been around, but they were one of the first social networks to jump on that. They've also jumped on music, and there's a lot of traffic surrounding that.
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Nothing ever replaces anything. When TV came along, radio didn't go away. This has the potential to unlock local ad dollars, but Amazon doesn't want to take phone calls.
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I think spending money on TV makes perfectly good sense. TV is tough, because the audience is fragmenting. But the best way to get butts in seats is to show a trailer, and TV [is a good environment for that].
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That's one thing the Web is great for: identifying passionate fans and [reaching out to them].
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There will be initial resistance to this type of service, because privacy and security are concerns.
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Having a file compression format and MP3 players aren't enough. The catalyst for online music distribution will be products that offer security for digital content and standards around which consumer electronics companies and others can build products.
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The thing you can do online that you can't do in the physical world is interactivity and two-way conversation.
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