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"Rival technologies that baffle consumers will run more companies out of business in the nascent music download market than will head-to-head competition, one of the lead creators of MP3 playback technology warned Wednesday.

"Consumers nowadays can store thousands of songs in a pocket-size device, play music and videos on their mobile phones, and buy albums at the click of a button.

"But to their chagrin, a bewildering number of competing playback compression technologies and antipiracy software options determine which songs play on which devices."

Reuters. MP3 Creator Warns Tech Impasse Dooming Downloads. News.com. Sept. 29, 2004.