Jim Griffin: No need to draw this discussion out via public e-mails, but it deserves another round. Put simply, what Gary acknowledges as a lovely notion is not a government-imposed music "tax" and is far more likely to happen than will customers accepting locks and keys on music that function as tethers. When the business […]

I was pleased to see that my note provoked so much interest, as well _as some well thought-out counter arguments. Taking a few of these comments, I have the following words in response: First, however, I want to make sure we are talking about the same thing. A subscription service works as follows: a user […]

Jim Griffin: I was shocked to read Gary Stiffelman’s comments because a professional like Gary should know better than to sling the falsehoods he so casually tossed in his comments. Let’s clear up these mistakes lest they spread: 1. No one proposes network licensing without sampling the network to help split the money proportionally. It’s […]

Gary Stiffelman: Sometimes it seems like you are on Apple’s payroll. Every idea other than iPod is regularly condemned by you, whether its a company deciding to reject Apple’s monopolistic pricing and rigid distribution model, or efforts to explore new models that in any way differ from the iTunes model. I love how you propounded […]