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Re: how can you play wmv files?



On Friday 18 March 2005 06:25 pm, Steve Block wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 05:46:12PM +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> >On Thursday 17 March 2005 05:24 am, Pollywog wrote:
> >The main mplayer website page says the site has been closed down for
> > patent infringements.
>
> Try actually reading the site next time. The opening page is an
> anti-european union software patents statement. Then at the bottom (this
> is a short page) is a link to the real MPlayer homepage.

I didn't "get it" and thought it was really a political statement on patents, 
because the downloads are still available.  It didn't make sense unless it 
was a political statement on the status of patents (in Europe).

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