Computers are useless.
The audience of more than 250 people at the iHollywood Music Forum Tuesday night wanted answers to the question of how emerging technologies will transform the music business. Following a long pause, panel speaker, Chris Otto, product manager for RealJukebox, Real Networks, reminded everyone that just a little more than 100 years ago there was no recorded music but there has been singing, dancing and music since the dawn of time. There is just too much incentive to find a solution, Otto proclaimed. The evening quickly turned into a 21 st Century debate on entertainment industry ethics, practices and prejudices. The event even made the 11 p.m. news most unusual for a Hollywood trade function.