[linux-audio-user] mp3 patent / microsoft

[Lee Revell]

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.

Personally I am encouraged by news like this.  It brings us one step
closer to fixing the US patent system.

Lee