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Music and technology aid one another. In a way a person can capture music they love through technology and then the electronic companies flourish due to the sale and popularity of these electronic devices. If a person wants to listen to music they can turn on a stereo or TV, choose a CD or DVD to play, or listen to a songs downloaded in ITunes. All of these devices are proof to show how technology is used to record, play, and change the way music is heard. A look through history will show how far

Spectral Band Replication (SBR) is a novel audio spectrum recovery technology, it can greatly improve the efficiency of perceptual audio coding compression, and thus more suitable for streaming media applications with limited bandwidth. It will be widely used in the world of digital broadcasting, the third generation mobile communications, multimedia downloads, video-on-demand and other services. SBR use parametric coding technique that involves complex algorithms; simply take a long time by the

significant losses in sales, revenues, and profits for the recording industry. History of Illegal Downloads The problem of illegal downloading in the recording industry was a result of specific technological developments. It was the development of MP3 file formats for digital audio recordings, which first emerged in the early 1990s, but did not become a significant copyright threat to the recording industry

declares bankruptcy, and is later reborn as a legal music subscription service in 2001”. Gearlog (2010) The MP3 file format enabled music files to be shared with great ease across all computer systems. “The development of the MP3 compression standard in the early 90s allowed vast amounts of digital audio information to be compressed into manageable files”. David Hesmondhalgh (2007) While the MP3 file format has its positives such as being digital, relatively small in file size and maintaining good sound

share Mp3 files from each other's computers. It was a free streaming service that enabled you to download anything you wanted without having to pay a dime. It made CD sales plummet and hard copy CDs became obsolete. Napster was the foundation of torrenting. It made Limewire, Bearshare, and other file sharing services where you can illegally download for free. It revolutionized everything from burning CDs to CDs to doing it electronically. Napster influenced the music industry to develop Mp3s, iPods

sharing of MP3 files easy and accessible to the masses. Fanning’s development caused a burst in the popularity of music - file sharing. It became so popular, that almost overnight millions of people were downloading and uploading files. Napster’s system allowed music files from one users hard drive to be copied by another Napster users. Napster users would use Napster’s MusicShare software and servers to search for MP3 files stored on other computers. Exact copies of an uploaded MP3 file could be

1998 Talk about epic! Jordan’s career ended, the term Google was used in everyday conversation, Kosmo Kramer was a household name. the technological advances and legendary events of 1998 are featured by the 1998 Bulls, Google, IMac, Seinfeld and MP3s. The 1998 Chicago Bulls have made records that still have not been broken. They won the NBA Finals, this made them get their second 3-peat (1997–98 Chicago Bulls Season). This means they won three NBA Finals in a row. This was their sixth with in eight

to be able to make your own CDs? These days it is fairly cheap to have internet access and a computer that will let you record, store, discover, and download music. In the past, being able to do this was very expensive and difficult, but when the Mp3 format appeared and Cd recorders became inexpensive, this revolutionized the way we experience music. All you need is the right software and

of music file that is traded online is an MP3. MP3 files are near CD quality, and take up significantly less hard drive space than other sound files such as WAV files. Because of the high quality and relatively small size, MP3s are ideal for downloading even with a low bandwidth internet connection. One of the reasons that stopping piracy of music is so difficult is that anyone who has a computer can easily download programs that turn songs from CDs into MP3 files. Recently, piracy of music has

Napster & MP3: Redefining The Music Industry Introduction Napster was the first, very innovative music technology application that allowed users to download MP3 from the internet and other peers for free, or at a cost. Napster strongly adapted the word sharing and put it their own terms to avoid any copyright infringement but it ended badly on their part. This disruptive technology was leading the market and had over 60 million users by 2001. Although very similar technologies were soon