[Leaplist] 1.52 billion

[Kyle Gonzales]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 11:10 -0500, Damien McKenna wrote:
> On 2/23/07 4:43 AM, Fred Moore wrote:
> > It looks like this also appeared in the New York Times..  so is most likely
> > legit.. 
> > http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/microsoft-slapped-with-1-52-billion-payout-
> > in-mp3-suit/
> 
> The confusing part is that the Fraunhoffer labs alleged for years that they
> were the legal IP holders and that all licensors had to go through them, now
> Lucent is saying otherwise and generally looking to cause some major
> problems for most of the industry.

When people ask me why I went to using Ogg format for all my music, and
why I only spend money on music players that support it, this is why.

This will happen with proprietary video codecs at some point too.

It's not just about free and open code anymore... its about free and
open standards and formats.

-- 
Kyle Gonzales <kyle.gonzales at gmail.com>
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