Feb. 19 -- "Why isn't MP3 dead yet," complained reader Matt Bieschke to me in an e-mail. "I've been waiting a long time for MP3 to die, and it just seems to get more popular." It's a good question, ...

A new system aimed at preventing the distribution of copyright-protected MP3 files over the Internet is being promoted at CeBIT by the German company, Webdefender AG. "LanShield Enterprise.mp3" is ...

Patent number 5,579,430 does not read like a manifesto for a new music business, but its grant to Germany's Fraunhofer Institute on November 26, 1996, marked ...

July 14, 1995: The MP3 file format receives its official name as the new .bit file extension gets changed to .mp3. The technology allows the compression of a standard CD .wav file to one-tenth its ...

Although the term "file sharing" has all sorts of ugly connotations, it's not necessarily a bad thing. In some cases, it's even a win-win-win situation for the recording industry, music lovers -- and ...

Aja Romano wrote about pop culture, media, and ethics. Before joining Vox in 2016, they were a staff reporter at the Daily Dot. A 2019 fellow of the National Critics Institute, they’re considered an ...

MP3 is the most commonly used file format for audio files, but did you know that the OGG file format offers better audio quality? An OGG file is a compressed audio file similar to an MP3 file but with ...

I haven't copied any MP3s to an iPhone in ages and tried to do so the other day, only to discover that iTunes no longer has this functionality. Now there are Apple Music and Apple Devices applications ...

You can turn your Mac or PC into your own ringtone maker, creating custom ringtones for your iPhone, from almost any MP3 file. Using Apple's free iTunes software, you can edit and convert an MP3 to an ...

MP3 Rocket is a free application that converts videos into MP3s. It’s easy to use, free, and offers a slick way to convert videos for later listening. YouTube’s videos attract plenty of eyeballs, but ...