audio players....

[Brendan]

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.