Here comes the MP3 revolution

... While the record companies battled Napster and so-called music piracy in court, tech companies saw a different future in other statistics: namely, that at least 33 percent of obtainable music will be delivered digitally within five years. Voila -- along comes the MP3 player and the current benchmark, the iPod, bypassing CD burning and eliminating the CD. Users instead download music onto a handheld computer that, essentially, acts like a mini jukebox without the physical records. ... ContraCostaTimes.com link