On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:20:07PM -0400, Tim Olsen wrote: > Hello. I researching why MPEG-1 video and audio layers 1 and 2 do not > require any royalty payments. I have been googling for the past hour > and haven't been able to come up with any concrete explanation > (although it may just be that my google skills are not up to snuff). > > I am guessing that MPEG-1 video and audio layers 1 and 2 are patented. > Is it just that the none of the MPEG companies have looked to collect > any royalties? Pretty much. Nobody really cares about those technologies any more. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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