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MP3 Files And The Internet

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  MP3 Files and The Internet
       The internet, a vast collection of networks, connecting computers from every corner of the earth to one another, is a huge playground for the distribution information. Whether it is illegal or legal, the internet is one of the best ways to exchange information. There is a new type of information being distributed on the internet known as Mpeg-3( mp3 ). This type of file is a file that has been created by someone taking an audio compact disk and recording the data from the disk onto the computer. Then this person takes the data and tells the computer to encode it into a file format, mp3, which compresses the file size without having to compromise any of the sound quality. Since any person that has a computer with a CD-ROM and a mp3 encoder can encode a song from a compact disk into a mp3 file, they can just as easily distribute the audio, copyrighted or not, to anyone connected to the internet. If the audio they distribute is copyrighted, they may be committing a crime. Sometimes a person will copy the audio from a disk that a specific person owns just to be able to listen to it without having to use the compact disk every time the owner wants to listen to the audio. This freedom of distribution has been the battleground for copyright laws the past few months. It is only when a person copies the audio on to a computer or onto some other type of playing device and distributes it freely that corporations run into problems...