Although I quote "most folk I know" my opinion comes from: 1) Working in the radio industry - granted I know more about the Canadian radio industry than the US but from my observations I don't see much difference other than that gov't content regulation. 2) Going over many of the details that factored into the merger of the two satellite radio stations and how their competition was newly defined which in turn led to the DOJ not considering the combined entities as a monopoly.
I'm not sure most people buy much music at all I don't know who the "most" would apply to in this situation. Regardless, over 151 MILLION iPods have been sold worldwide as of April 2008 and as of July 2008 - 5 BILLION songs have been sold. I think that is a handy enough number to indicate that people are getting their music needs satisfied by something other than the AM/FM band.
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1) Working in the radio industry - granted I know more about the Canadian radio industry than the US but from my observations I don't see much difference other than that gov't content regulation.
2) Going over many of the details that factored into the merger of the two satellite radio stations and how their competition was newly defined which in turn led to the DOJ not considering the combined entities as a monopoly.
I'm not sure most people buy much music at all
I don't know who the "most" would apply to in this situation. Regardless, over 151 MILLION iPods have been sold worldwide as of April 2008 and as of July 2008 - 5 BILLION songs have been sold. I think that is a handy enough number to indicate that people are getting their music needs satisfied by something other than the AM/FM band.
--k