The rise of MP3 as the market standard: How compressed audio files became the dominant music format

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-26

  Den Uijl, Simon ^a   De Vries, Henk J ^a   Bayramoglu, Deniz ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compressed Audio Formats; Market Standard; MP3; Paradigm Shift; Platform Competition; Standardization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; COMPRESSED AUDIO FORMATS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; MP3; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; PARADIGM SHIFTS; REGIME OF APPROPRIABILITY; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; INTERNET; STANDARDIZATION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84893494379     PISSN: 15393062     EISSN: 15393054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2013010101     Document Type: Article

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