24 Quotes by Eric Garland

Three to five years from now, we'll be looking at a system where you buy a digital file, and it plays on any digital device.

The Fab Four have always been among the very most popular bands online even though they're technically -- or legitimately -- unavailable online. My easy prediction is that the Beatles sell a lot of songs online, even though seemingly everybody who has access to them has their songs already.

Most people, most of the time, get their music free. And that's not a marketplace. In fact, it directly threatens the concept of the music marketplace.

None of these companies are essential in the mix. They're afterthoughts.

My easy prediction is that The Beatles will sell a lot of songs online, even though seemingly everybody who has access to them has their songs already.

Per capita, there's been a decline in song sales.

I think this just opens more doors and asks more questions than it answers, ... We're going to see a whole of litigation because there's still no clear standard.

I think that television and Hollywood film will have a much easier time of working with this phenomenon as opposed to battling it.

People are getting more free music on mp3s than they're getting on CDs. And nearly all those mp3s are illegally downloaded.