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At 12:01 PM 3/18/2004 -0800, Paul Jackson wrote: >I'm wondering if the Project Gramophone and LCs American Memories will >make price for a performance moot. Certainly there will be libraries or >more likely museums collecting these "unique" items and therein require >establishing a value. Will value be reduced when everything is >on-line? Just because no one can find one, does that mean the 10s of >thousands of existing Montevanti recordings are worth more? Absolutely not - there will still be value for the rare physical object even when its contents are free. There is still substantial monetary value in the Caruso G&Ts though there is yet another "Complete Caruso" in its late stages. In some cases, the disc is of esthetic value (I kid you not!) - as in the De Lucia's with his portrait. Think of it as you would of books: a first edition of a classic has value despite the content being in the public domain and available without charge from Project Gutenberg. Mike -- [log in to unmask] http://www.mrichter.com/