MP3 HITS BACK

[Tony Barry]

>From Net News  2nd November 1998

MP3 HITS BACK
In the wake of the music industryís failed bid to ban Diamond Multimediaís Rio
MP3 player, Diamond, GoodNoise, MP3.com, MusicMatch, and Xing Technology have
set up a group to promote MP3 technology as the standard for downloadable
music.
According to the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, about 3
million tracks (most of them pirated) are downloaded from the Net each day. The
Economist says the music industry has a lot to fear -
http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_wb9673.html

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