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On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Corey Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Martin Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> OK Misinformation busting time: >> >> It is not illegal to distribute or operate most of the codecs in the >> US or anywhere else. So long as it's the free software packages, >> liblame (mp3), ffmpeg, libdecss, and so on. none of these packages >> have copyright problems and none have been challenged for patent >> problems. >> >> (as an example) Accatel and mp3 parents. We have _NO_ idea if liblame >> breaks any of the patents. It's just not safe for a _company_ to >> _distribute_ considering they may or may not be sued and may or may >> not loose the case against a patent suite. > > Liblame may not, but I am 99.9% sure and with damages awarded in the > 13 figures[1], I don't think anybody is going to find out: > > http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/02/22/microsoft-loses-mp3-patent-case-to-the-tune-of-152-billion/ > > Corey > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -- http://ls.net http://drupal.ls.net -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
