It's a Sony.

The Sony announced the production of readers for a new MiniDisc format and mp3 files. The first is called MiniDisc Long Play which increases recording capacity, always using the same media, and using only new compression algorithms. And even though nothing has changed in the company's loyalty to the SDMI standard for copy protection of digital files, the company has also introduced the new walkman cd, can read mp3 files without any problems. Asked about the coherence of the strategic move, Ron Boire, president of Sony Electronics' Personal Mobile Products, with considerable aplomb, said: "On the net there are hundreds if not thousands of perfectly legal mp3 …"