Information Technology Technology Report Mp3 Players As of late, there has been a new force arising in the music industry, this being Mp3. There has been an explosion of interest in Mp3 primarily thanks to the internet. People can easily download nearly any song they want for the price of a phone call. Mp3 (short for MPEG-1, Layer 3) is compressed digital audio. Songs can be ‘Ripped’ from a CD with ease. A typical .WAV (CD …showed first 75 words of 888 total…

…showed last 75 words of 888 total…reports, and as they are developed they can only get better. The future of Mp3 music is looking quite promising, although the outcome of the Napster case will prove important. There will continue to be many developments in the field, and as popularity grows, so will the amount of attention major electronics companies give Mp3. The internet will continue to be the major place of music swapping, no matter what happens in the Napster case.