Assignment

Issues of MP3 file trading

MP3 files can be traded very easily via the Internet thus creating an enormous amount of free music online. Needless to say, the music industry is strongly opposed to unrestricted MP3 distribution because of fears of lost revenue. Therefore, the music industry has sanctioned a form of Digital Rights Management to protect their interests.(news.cnet.com) In the days before the CD, it was possible to copy records to tape but each subsequent generation would cause the audio signal to be degraded. Record companies weren't overly concerned about losing revenue to this type of copying, because they felt that ...