[ale] The world just got screwed....

Andrew Grimmke grimmke at directvinternet.com
Tue Aug 27 16:53:19 EDT 2002


Thank god for ogg vorbis!

On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 16:33, Mike Lockhart wrote:
> If anyone hasn't already seen it, immediately read this article:
> 
> "New MP3 License Terms Demand $0.75 Per Decoder"
> http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/27/1626241.shtml?tid=155
> 
> Maybe this is the conspiracy theorist coming out in me, but I have a
> funny feeling that RIAA had a lot to do with this.  Redhat has already
> removed ALL mp3 players/encoders from the Rawhide tree.  
> 
> On the upside, this will be a great boost for the Ogg format.
> 
> -- 
> 
> ================================
> Michael Lockhart - PHP Developer
> Intercosmos Media Group
> mailto:mlockhart at intercosmos.com
> http://orbital.intercosmos.net
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