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Time: 2017-05-15 10:48:56 UTC

Original URL: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3196785/it-industry/the-mp3-is-dead-long-live-the-mp3.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fnews%2Ffeed+%28Latest+from+Computerworld%29#tk.rss_all [computerworld.com] using UTF-8 encoding.

Title: The MP3 is dead, long live the MP3

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The MP3 is dead, long live the MP3

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story [computerworld.com]:

Hold on to your iPods, because we have some news.

Rather, the developers of the MP3 do -- they have announced that the music format is dead. But just because they said that, is it actually true? Perhaps not.

In IT Blogwatch, we listen to some music. 

So what is going on? Rhett Jones has the news [gizmodo.com]:

But why is this important? JR Torres has some background on the MP3 [slashgear.com]:

If the MP3 will continue, why is the Fraunhofer Institute saying it is dead? Andrew Flanagan explains [npr.org]:

But don't people love old music formats? Andrew London reminds us of the power of nostalgia [techradar.com]:

But why isn't MP3 really dead? Jerry O'Connor‏ points out what happens when something is no longer under patent [twitter.com]:

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