We're here for the opening session at MidemNet, a debate between Topspin's Ian Rogers and former EMI chairman Eric Nicoli. Rogers is stepping in to replace Michael Robertson of MP3tunes, who pulled out this week. He will apparently be joining the debate via Kyte around 15 minutes in, though.Moderator Ted Cohen kicks off saying that recommendation is a key part of the music industry's future – “helping curate the experience, and I really believe that without this curation, it's just not a good experience”.However, he says there are still problems, including the recent lawsuits against search engines – the Playlist and SeeqPods of the world. “These are sea-change technologies, we have to get past litigation and look at monetisation,” says Cohen, who goes on to say mainstream ISPs need to come to the table, and mobile music needs to shape up.”We need more innovation, we need more experimentation, and we need to communicate,” says Cohen, setting up the debate. “We need sustainable agreements, it can't be about large advances any more. We need the labels and the services and the technologies talking to each other.”Nicoli fields the first question about Napster – would it have changed everything if the industry [...]
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