The Next Revolution In Music Technology: Make Or Break?

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MP3 is a new way to save, copy, and play audio files on a computer. The audio files are near CD-quality and take up very little space on a computer’s hard drive. Previously, high-quality audio files were saved on a computer in WAV format, which takes up much more hard drive space than MP3. For example, a three-minute WAV file would use about 30 megabytes of disk space. But in MP3 format, the same song would use only two megabytes, leaving much more hard drive space available on the computer (which benefits the computer user).
Because MP3 files are typically less than five megabytes in size, they can be transferred very quickly and easily to and from anyone’s computer via the Internet. MP3 allows computer users to copy their favorite songs from CDs or other sources, onto their computer’s hard drive - ideal for playback when working at the computer. MP3 also makes it possible to convert your own personal recordings into digital audio files that are very easy to distribute.
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labels have not embraced it for fear of privacy, since the format also allows for widespread copying of illegal files.” (Sullivan 1999).
On the other hand, MP3 technology has given the unsigned artist an opportunity to expose their music to millions of Internet surfers every day, increasing the artist’s popularity and ability to profit from his or her music without the need or assistance of a contract record deal with a major recording label. Another way to think of it is that MP3 has paved the road to potential stardom for any artist who distributes music in MP3 format. After all, this new technology allows anybody to create and distribute their music via MP3 without any restrictions ...

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