audio players....

[lug at the-leveys.us (Don Levey)]

discuss-bounces at blu.org wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 January 2006 23:01, gboyce wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Brendan wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 31 January 2006 13:17, gboyce wrote:
>>>> I believe the mp3 requirement is that if you sell an mp3 encoder or
>>>> decoder, you must pay royalies.  There are no royalties for using
>>>> one, so web site operators wouldn't need to pay.
>>> 
>>> No. Just encoders. You also have to keep track of how many copies
>>> are distributed and pay a few dollars on them.
>> 
>> http://www.chillingeffects.org/patent/notice.cgi?NoticeID=464
>> 
>> "From your publications and your web-site we learn that you
>> distribute and/or sell decoders and/or encoders that use the MPEG
>> Layer-3 standard. 
>> 
>> Our files do not show that you have a valid license agreement with
>> us. This means that the products infringe the patent rights of
>> Fraunhofer and THOMSON."
> 
> Lovely. They've changed their agreement since they contacted a buddy
> and me when we were writing an encoder. Always nice to see greediness.
> _______________________________________________

That letter was from 1998; when were you contacted?
 -Don