On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 10:13:48PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
| On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 07:51:59PM -0700, David Wright wrote:
| > Although the MP3 patent was issued in the EU, the US (and most of the
| > rest of the world) recognizes Frauhofer's patent. An unlicensed MP3
| > player would be illegal in nearly any country in the world.
| >
| > non-de is not a solution.
|
| Put it in China?
The point was that even then, you would need to travel to China to
_use_ it legally. The (former) non-US stuff was totally legal to
_use_ in any country. It doesn't matter where the server is for the
MP3 codec, you can't _use_ it in your country without forking over the
cash.
The real question is what is the best way to convert an mp3 to ogg?
If the masses ditch mp3 for ogg, then Fraunhofer won't get anything
out of this mess and the masses won't be encumbered by them.
-D
PS. Paul, thanks for quoting the useful part of /. in your original
posting. I found it really convenient to just stay in my mail
reader rather than browsing to /. to read it.
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The remote desktop feature of Windows XP is really nice (and *novel*!).
As a Microsoft consultant can *remotely* disable the personal firewall
and control the system. We'll ignore the fact that this tampering with
the firewall is not logged, and more importantly, that the firewall
isn't restored when the clowns from Redmond are done with their job.
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