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How MP3 Was Born

Posted by kdawson on from the race-to-encode dept.

Actual Reality points us to an interview in BusinessWeek.com with the man most often cited as the inventor of the MP3 format — though Karlheinz Brandenburg credits many for the development, including in particular Suzanne Vega.

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  1. I perfer the version by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    where MP2 was recording in studio, gets wasted and gets it on with Suzanne Vega across the mixing deck leading to a bouncing bundle of MP3. It's much more rock and roll.

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  2. Picture of this guy by FredDC · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet a lot of record company executives have a picture of this guy hanging in their office! On top of a darts board...

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