OODL: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] (off topic)

[DJDowns]

>>So far they've sued to take every Open-source MP3 encoder off the market.
>>As far as their concerned, you need their permission to write an MP3
>>encoder.

I recently heard that some company bought the rights to the GIF format from 
CompuServe and are going to start charging licensing fees to any web sites or 
multimedia projects which use GIF files for the presentation of graphics.  Is 
that crazy, or what?

-- Downs.