On Saturday 08 Jan 2005 12:56, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > > > It's all encumbered with patents. Encoders *and* decoders. > > > > Encoders only, not decoders. Decoders for anything probably cannot be > > patented. > > Really? AFAIR every producent of mobile mp3 player had to pay patent > grants, to be able to distribute his device.
And every set top box manufacturer pays for their MPEG-2 (or MPEG-4) licenses. Obviously their legal departments should have just asked Andrew Suffield and saved themselves the bother.