What exactly is MP3 technology? For an explanation, use any of your favorite online resources, such as webopedia.internet.com/TERM/M/MP3.html or www.dailymp3.com/how1.html. The article in the August 1999 issue of Wired magazine titled "I Want My MP3" provides background information about MP3 technology, including compression, an analysis of the various MP3 players, a timeline charting the digital game plans of the recording industry, as well as addresses for popular MP3 Web sites.

For current articles about MP3 technology, visit sites such as www.wired.com/news/news/mpthree and link to articles that interest you. What controversy swirls around MP3? Read about "The Great MP3 Wars" at www.zdnet.com/yil/content/mag/9904/mp3-4.html.

Some major record labels are afraid that customers are "stealing" their music. Find out how the major label companies have adjusted to MP3 technology by reading articles such as www.wired.com/news/news/politics/
mpthree/story/21944.html. Read "EFF: Piracy Not the Problem" at www.wired.com/news/news/politics/
mpthree/story/21645.html to understand the reaction of the Electronic Frontier Foundation to the recording industry's lack of enthusiasm for MP3 technology.

For a comprehensive list of resources or links to resources, visit sites such as www.mpeg.org/MPEG/mp3.html and www.mp3.com. These sites include links to such favorites as FAQs about MP3, MP3 search engines, and public domain MP3s.