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[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 08:53:59PM -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote:
> Also, I read the Wikipedia article on MP3s a little more closely and
> it mentions "patent holders declined to enforce license fees on open
> source decoders, allowing many free MP3 decoders to develop.
> Furthermore, while attempts have been made to discourage distribution
> of encoder binaries, Thomson has stated that individuals using free
> MP3 encoders are not required to pay fees. Thus while patent fees have
> been an issue for companies attempting to use MP3, they have not
> meaningfully impacted users, allowing the format to grow in
> popularity."

Unfortunately, there is no reference; I would be interested to hear more
about this claim.

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 - mdz