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MP3.com CEO slams online music sales strategies

Michael Robertson criticizes the music industry for its online sales strategies, and the RIAA attempts to keep major-label content off Napster.

 

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Michael Robertson says that selling songs one at a time is not the way to go on the Internet, and the RIAA attempts to keep major-label content off Napster.

"People are not buying things for $2 each on the Internet. What they will do is 'all-you-can-eat' buffets."

- Michael Robertson, MP3.com CEO

 
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