everyday multimedia not supported in Ubuntu (Re: 3 days, from the release, 3 machines, a few issues.

[Rainer Gutkas]

I read an article on www.orf.at (Austria's TV & Radio network) not long ago which said that Philips, Sony and one other firm which I can't remember the name hold the patents for mp3 coding.
As I worked in a patent lawer agency for some time I do believe that they don't hold the patent for mp3 but for the idea of how mp3 packs or something like this, because thats what patents are all about, ideas and not the specivic technical realisation. A patent has to be new (from a patent point of few) and it has to have a chance to get working, but it dosen't have to be just one explicit technology. The broader a patent is the better for the holder...

Rainer 

>it just made mad to hear the same complaining all over >again while
>blaming the wrong people. i think emailing whoever >patented mp3 (is it
>fraunhofer?) and complain about such things makes more >sense to me.

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