[linux-audio-user] mp3 patent / microsoft

[we are]

>
> Also, now it would be time to contact all possible mp3
> manufacturers, and tell about OGG encoders and players.

perhaps someone who is savvy and knows technical details could write
up a template for a letter people could send to these companies(who
ever they are.)

i try and convince the podcasters that i use to make the switch, but
ogg still seems like some sort of complex geek thing most people.

btw do you have a link for the microsoft bust?




On 2/28/07, Juhana Sadeharju <kouhia at nic.funet.fi> wrote:
>
> Nobody took this news to this list!?
> Microsoft was ruled to pay about a billion for infringing
> a mp3 patent. When that is verified in higher courts, it
> is expected that many companies will face the same issue.
> I hope the bill for individual Windows users is high enough
> so that OGG starts sounding a good idea.
>
> Also, now it would be time to contact all possible mp3
> manufacturers, and tell about OGG encoders and players.
>
> Juhana
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