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Re: mp3 patent fines and ogg
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: mp3 patent fines and ogg |
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Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:04:00 +0100 (CET) |
Microsoft just got fined 1.5e9 dollars (yes, 1.5 billion with a
"b") for patent violations with respect to playing mp3's under
ms-windows.
s/playing/conversion/
Playing a MP3 does not infringe on the patent.
My question is, how will this effect free/open formats like
ogg-vorbis?
Only possible effect it can have is a positive, people will wake up to
the fact that software patents are completely absurd.
- mp3 patent fines and ogg, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht, 2007/02/24
- Re: mp3 patent fines and ogg,
Alfred M. Szmidt <=
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