There I was just walking down the street singing do a ditty dumb

do it do

hey it's Seth and this is a Kimbo.

First, here's a message from our sponsor, Lenovo.

My story, it starts over 50 years. from our sponsor, Lenovo.

My story?

It starts over 50 years ago with my father.

My dad was a German immigrant who learned the art of violin

making over half a century ago in Europe. His dream was always to open up his own store, his own shop,

and to share the gift of music with others. My dream has always been to carry on my father's legacy,

to spread his love of music and to make music accessible

to everyone. My name is Paul Pryor and my small business is Peter Pryor and

Sons violins, a shop that's been running since 1965. But when you've been in business as long as we have,

there are things you have to do to keep up with the times. Stay tuned to hear the rest of my story

and to see what makes a difference for me in my small business.

In the year 2000, Sony had a problem.

The problem was that the patents that they owned with Phillips for the CD format were running out.

And those patents had been very, very good to them. Every year they made between

60 and 80 million dollars in profit because every CD,

every CD player, every CD mastering machine,

how to pay them a royalty, but the patents were running out.

Also there were problems with the CD format that the people at Sony and the music industry could see coming.

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