MP3 Player

      MP3 stands for MPEG 1 Layer 3 Audio, which is a digital audio compression format
developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group. It takes a CD audio file and gets rid of all the
frequencies on the song that can’t be heard by the human ear, thus ridding the data file of much
wasted space. With compression, the files turn out to be around four times smaller than the
original with the same, near CD quality audio. While “MP3“may technically be the name of the
compression format, it has become synonymous with the music files themselves.
     There are many benefits of MP3s. The biggest benefits would have to be MP3 files’ size
and cost. By using great compression, MP3s are only a quarter of the size of the original file.
With a typical 3-minute song, the MP3 is only around 3 megabytes. With such a small size,
MP3s are easily downloaded from the Internet and shared between people. Everything that can
be done with MP3s can be done freely. The audio players that play the format, the rippers that
compress the audio files with the MP3 format, and MP3s themselves can all be downloaded
freely from the Internet. While this may sound like a great format, some may question its
legality.
The problem is trading MP3's violates copyright laws. However, this hasn’t stopped the
tens of millions of file sharing software users who continue swap MP3’s. MP3 piracy is a costly
business for many companies, and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages of “P2P” file
sharing. File sharing is a costly, illegal practice that hurts not only the consumers, but the artists
as well.
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