(entry last updated: 2002-11-18 06:44:22)

Looks like Comdex is going to be an interesting battlefield the next few days, if Fox has anything to say about it. In another fit of self-delusion, the industry expects streaming to supplant downloads?

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• A new voice from Fox to raise the controversial position at Comdex that a more restrictive technology will ensure the next technology boom. Sounds counter to what I expect - pay more for less?

• I’m not sure who Brad King talked to, but the notion that streamed content will displace file downloads seems to be the product of a fevered mind. Without stringent controls, that will choke off demand, I can’t see the market going for it.