MP3's are one of the hottest subjects right now from hardware to political issues. We take a detailed look at what MP3's really are from creation to some of the latest portable hardware devices that play them. There's tons of press on MP3's as Napster and RIAA battle over whether or not the unrestricted sharing of MP3's should be allowed on the net. For those of you who aren't familiar with Napster, it's basically a file sharing community.
Users are able to trade multimedia files without any restrictions.
It brings up strong debates over where we should draw the line when it comes to the pirating of songs through the MP3 format. RIAA claims that Napster should create such a database to monitor this entirely and avoid the problem altogether. Sharing of the files will not stop and I personally see no sense in what RIAA is trying to do. The people trading or sharing the music in question should be the one's responsible for their actions, not Napster or anything like it. Not only hardware but also software is on the move as newer audio formats are being explored that offer even more than we have now.