Three thoughtful responses to yesterdays river of “MP3s are dead” articles.
No, the MP3 Is Not Dead, by Kirk McElhearn.
Your MP3s are going to be just fine, by Hayley Tsukayama for the Washington Post.
“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story by Marco Arment.
In a nutshell, your MP3s will not spontaneously combust, the last known MP3 patents have lapsed, AAC is a better format, but the MP3 format is ubiquitous.