What is a personal MP3 player you may ask? It is a device that lets people listen to thousands of their favorite songs or play favorite videos (depending on the MP3 player) without having to carry a heavy "boom box."

MP3 players have made listening to music more convenient. People used to have to carry a CD player, cram all the CD's they could in a bag and strap it on their shoulder. Ease of transportation has increased the MP3 players' popularity today. It can play music, show videos, even have alarms and calendar functions. Personal MP3 players can also be attached to a phone with Internet service.

Our older generation never had the privilege as teenagers to listen to their favorite music wherever they went, while teenagers have that advantage today.

A little history about MP3 players and how they came to be starts back in the mid 1900's. MP3 originally came from the reference of Moving Picture Experts Group - 1 Audio Layer 3. They started on developing the MP3 player in 1959 when Richard Ehmer first came up with the idea.

At the University of Buenos Aires, Oscar Borello started developing a PC audio card. In 1989, he introduced the first working device. Journals about this device being made were finally reported in February of 1988. At the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Karlheinz Brandenburg began working on how people perceive music in the early 1980's, completing his work in 1989.

The first personal MP3 player ever released was September 9, 1995. Its popularity increased with Nullsoft's audio player Winamp in 1997 along with the audio player mpg123. In 1999 Napster created larger, better MP3 players but eventually had to be shut down because their new MP3 player caused widespread copyright infringement.

When major record companies started arguing that free sharing of music (called music piracy) caused fewer sales, they pursued lawsuits making Napster shut down. Many retailers tried to keep people from buying the music files but in doing so, the Digital Rights Movement was created. Later some authorized services, such as Beatport, Bleep, Juno Records and eMusic began selling unrestricted music in MP3 format, thus spreading personal MP3 players all over in different stores.

Today personal Mp3 players have become known by almost everyone, making them one of the most popular electronics available.

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