From an article at MP3.com about a SXSW panel comes quotes form EMI's digital guru, Ted Cohen.

• On the financial apsects of digital distribtuion: "It's not about the technology anymore. The technology is there, but now it's about the business models. When you're dividing up the pie, how long do you keep the pie from delivered to the consumer before you say, 'Hey, this is silly'?"
• On the patience needed while a huge industry adjusts to a new era: "Everyone wants the switch to be thrown one day. It's a transition, and we're in the midst of it."
• On the growing online catalogs: "There's a lot more music out there now and a lot more being made available," he said. "A lot more artists can find their niche now than before."
• On Microsoft's PlayForSure: "The joke was that we wished it played for sure, we hope it plays for sure and someday it will play for sure. But we're getting there. All of it is predicated on it being a really good portable experience, and it will be a really fluid experience and it will challenge the iPod."

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