“What seems to most balance out the major music labels resistance to the MP3 explosion is the fact that their own artists are ahead of the curve.”

— Richard Menta

Source They Might Be Giants release First MP3 Only Album http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/giants.html - 1999 <br class="br">Quotes from the MP3 Newswire

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