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Date:      Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:42:09 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, 95ec133@svrec.ernet.in
Subject:   Re: information about mpeg3 audio compression
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809151041090.5478-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980915190306.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Daniel O'Connor wrote:

> 
> On 15-Sep-98 Doug Rabson wrote:
> >  There is a port of the 8hz-mp3 mpeg3 compression utility available in
> >  FreeBSD.
> Well.. there _was_. It can't be distributed because the 8hz guys got a nice letter
> from Frauhofer about patent infringments.
> So the only choice for mp3 compression at the moment is either write your own, or pay 
> Frauhofer US$250 for the Linux version.

That sucks.  How can Frauhofer have a patent on an international standard
(rhetorical question).

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891
					Fax:   +44 181 381 1039


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