I want my MP3 - spoken word files, content protection - Brief Article

Black Issues Book Review, Jan, 2001 by Michele D. Thomas

Thought your MP3 Player was only for beats downloaded from Napster or MP3.com? Think again. Why stop with music when you can download spoken words and audio excerpts? Visit sites like www.rioport.com and MP3Lit.com to hear recordings of classics like "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. Strap on your wristband player or pick up your Rio and hear the rhythms of up-and-coming African American poets on Rioport's Street Beat.

Content is king, and such a precious commodity can be easily stolen with just the right click of a mouse. Countless sites have fallen victim to cyber pirates. So, how can you protect your site? Much of the up-and-coming content protection technology is either targeted to business-to-business sites or safeguarding music on the web, but there are a few things you can do on your own, like making sure it's copyrighted. If, while surfing the web, you find your text, images or audio recordings on a another site, especially a competitor's site if you're an e-commerce site, contact the web master and publisher and request that they refrain from using your content. No your rights and plug in faithfully.