On Thu, 24 May 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote:
> > Programmers giveth, and the DMCA taketh away. It's illegal. DeCSS was
> > designed for completely legal compatibility reasons, but it was
> > outlawed because it threatened the license revenue of the MPAA.
>
> Does a similar problem exist with the mp3 players and encoders
> (e.g. mpg123 and bladeenc, respectively)?
I don't *believe* so (anyone better-informed, feel free to correct me).
I seem to recall that the patent-holders for MP3 only ask royalties on
commercially-produced MP3 players, but they *do* get (IIRC) about
US$5.00/ea. commercial player (eg. your Rio 500).
-Ken
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