The History of Digital Music

• The History of MP3 Mary Bellis About.com
• MP3 Overview Christopher Jones Webmonkey
• Fraunhofer (A History) The Fraunhofer Society
• Karlheinz Brandenburg and The Secret History of MP3 The H2G2 Project
• A (short) history of MP3s Gordon Schumway Gordon Schumway on Geocities
• The RIAA Music Downloading Controversy: Both Sides of the Record Darcie-Nicole Wicknick MusicBizAdvice.com

Legitimate or Free MP3 services

• The Internet Underground Music Archive Internet Underground Music Archive
• MP3.com MP3.com
• Shoutcast: One of several Net radio sources Shoutcast

Not Nearly So Legal Sources

• How the Old Napster Worked Jeff Tyson How Stuff Works
• Pirate Bay closes, others rise to fill the gap; also, see P2P on the left. LA Times

Quick Ripper/Encoders

• MPEG Audio Creator (Techinically, only does MP2s)
• Quick CD Ripper 1.80 Nullsoft Share Up
• Windows Media Player Microsoft Corp.
• Nero Burning Rom Nero Corp.

RIAA Lawsuits on Record

• RIAA Suits Promote File Sharing Richard Menta mp3newswire.net
• Wendy Seltzer's blog on RIAA setbacks. Wendy Seltzer
• A Directory of those defending RIAA targets Ray Beckerman recordingindustryvspeople blog
• Commentary on an (apparently defunct) LA Times article on Student Attitudes Jason Schultz
• RIAA suits put parents on hook for kids' swapping Jefferson Graham USA Today
• RIAA Suits 784 File Sharers CDRinfo.com
• The Death of i2Hub BBC News ACM

The effects of piracy on sales.

• Why Are Online Music Sales Down? Thomas Hawk E Home Upgrade
• Online Music Sales Hit Sour Note CBS/AP
• Online Music Piracy American Federation of Musicians
• European online music sales to generate $4.7 bln in 2011 ZDNet Research
• Piercing the peer–to–peer myths: A review of online music sales Michael Geist First Monday
• Silent Night for Music Sales Ethan Smith The Wall Street Journal

MP3 Players

• Digital Audio Players: The Essential Buying Guide Bill Machrone PC Magazine
• PSP MP3 Support Confirmed Zonk Slashdot