Mp3 is 10 today !
p2pnet.net News:- Mp3 is 10 years old today, so ……..
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to YOU
Happy BIRTHDAY dear mp3eeee
Happy birthday to yoooooo : )
“On this day back in 1995, the researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS decided to use ‘.mp3’ as the file name extension for their new audio coding technology,” says ecoustics.com.
And, “Soon MP3 became the generally accepted acronym for the ISO standard IS 11172-3 "MPEG Audio Layer 3".
The tag which has given the entertainment cartels so much happiness, “emerged as the unanimous winner of an internal poll at Fraunhofer IIS,” adds the story.
(Thanks, Del)
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ecoustics.com – MP3 Turns 10 Years Old, July 12, 2005
July 14th, 2005 at 1:42 am
Ima turn 18 in 2 days. =D
July 14th, 2005 at 2:10 am
“The development of the now-ubiquitous MP3 audio compression scheme can be traced back to 1987, at the Fraunhofer Institut Intergriete Shaltungen in Erlangen, Germany. A project was started to develop a high-quality, high-compression audio codec; this was dubbed EUREKA project EU147, Digital Audio Broadcasting. The end result of this product eventually became known as ISO-MPEG Audio Layer 3, A.K.A. MP3.
In January of 1988, the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) was created as a committee within the International Standards Organization (ISO). In 1989, Fraunhofer got a patent for their compression scheme, which was submitted to the ISO in 1992 and included in the MPEG-1 specification, published in 1993. In 1990, Fraunhofer developed the first MP3 player, but by all accounts it was a fairly underwhelming bit of work. The first song compressed into MP3 format was “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega, because of its dynamic range. On the 26th of January, 1995, Fraunhofer applied for a US patent on MP3, which it received on 26 November, 1996.”
I would say July 14 is the birthday of the .mp3 file.
July 14th, 2005 at 3:04 am
Well i wonder how long it will be before the RIAA decides to sue those guys. After all, if mp3 hadn’t been invented noone would have been able to pirate music.
Please note, this is the kind of reasoning that the RIAA would use, not me personally ;o)
I’m well aware of the probability of some other format being adopted if mp3 hadn’t existed. But still, if i’d worked for those guys about that time i’d start getting worried about now.
July 14th, 2005 at 5:15 am
They still own the copyright to “Happy Birthday to you”!
July 14th, 2005 at 10:20 am
i though it’s Warner that owns it.
July 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Hey… I remember the Fraunhofer Institute inducing me to violate copyrights. Yeah, that’s it, it was that Fraunhofer what made me do it… HELP! I’VE BEEN INDUCED!
Coming soon to an MPEG near you,
DOCTOR FRAUNHOFER VS RIAA MAN !!!
July 14th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
The ridiculous fact that ANYONE can own “happy birthday” is what gets me.
July 15th, 2005 at 10:32 am
Happy birthday, MP3, we all love you, your the best.