Widespread sharing or piracy of MP3s online influenced the music industry to develop a secure digital music initiative. (T/F)

True

Explanation:

In the past, the music industries had distributed the finish music products from it's industries to the the music market globally, through evolving mediums from tapes to CDs and DVDs.

The rise of the digital era and affordable microcomputers and the web, created a platform for digital literacy, with individuals able to digitize files. This constituted the rise of digital music privacy. A group of people steals and shares digital music to other people.

To avoid diminishing market return caused by piracy, the music industry made a policy to make buy of music easier than stealing, made their music digitally available for purchase online and collaborated with digital application music players and constantly expose the activities of music pirate.