MP3: 100% Compatible. That’s the way the logo devised by the Entertainment Retailers Association in the UK reads, a simple method of putting across the message that MP3 files will play on any type of device.
It’s been embraced by seven of Britain’s biggest music download sites – HMV, Woolworths, 7digital, Digitalstores, Tescodigital, Tunetribe, and Play.com – as a way to show consumers what they can do with their downloads, raise the MP3 profile, and help identify legal download sites.
The Official UK Charts Company said that single track downloads were up 41% and album downloads had increased 69% over 2007.
