Phil Leigh Quotations

When you can buy just the songs you like in a digital format, you don't have to buy the album.

One reason Yahoo came at this price was they wanted to make it difficult for Amazon and MTV and people like that, that have waited so long to get into the business. I think it's going to be really quite interesting to see what Amazon offers, in terms of pricing.

People have gotten used to listening to songs in the order they want, and they'll want to continue to do so even if they can't get the individual songs from file-trading programs.

When you look at those screens, they do look awfully familiar.

TV is going to move to the Internet. And the best way to get people to try something new is to offer it for free.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the future of search is in audio and video. Searching through text on the internet has really reached a maturity point,

Contested patent outcomes are notoriously difficult to predict. The fact that a patent is initially awarded to one party does not mean that the award cannot be contested.

There's nothing that makes more sense than selling digital content. It completely removes the inventory problem. It completely removes physical handling of goods. That's really the holy grail for online retailers.

Apple made a misjudgment that there's no market for subscription services.

This is an incremental step, because they are limiting it to short form videos and trivia -- stuff that fits with the short attention span mobile customers might have, particularly a youthful subscriber.

This is an echo of what we've seen before. It is a classic case of Microsoft working to establish itself as a de facto standard, now in digital media.

They're making consumers apprehensive. They're concerned that they're buying something that makes their computer crash. This affects all the labels. The average consumer doesn't know it's just Sony, so they become reluctant to buy CDs.

It's just going to take some time. The BMW is not a mainstream car. But once we all have these new radios, we're all going to wonder why we didn't do this before.

It's getting more competitive. They've entered the stage where incremental market share is going to be harder to get and they're going to just have to focus on running the best business they can.

It's certainly smart for the publishers to do this.

The labels want to feel like they have some power and influence. They're losing the control they once had.

The labels have complained basically that they're not making enough money on downloads, that they prefer subscription services,

The labels going straight to the consumer has retailers more nervous than a cat with deaf kittens.

The labels are pushing the subscription services approach.

Their world is an analog world; it isn't digital. Electronic media of the future is clearly going to be digital. So you need to have digital in your DNA.

I guess they feel they don't want to be a leader. They want to be a follower. Eventually, it could hurt Fox if they don't make moves soon to join the bandwagon.

The initial usage rules are pretty restrictive. A good reason for downloading a movie is to take it on a business trip. The 24-hour limitation makes that a problem.

All the prices do seem to move in lock step. There has been talk of raising prices for several months. I'm surprised (music companies) raised the issue. It's clear the industry convention is 99 cents.