Jonas Beckeman wrote:
But what about patents? I don't know what is involved here, but wouldn't a
competing player probably infringe on hundreds of MM patents, regardless of
if it's a commercial product or not? And how would international law apply?

I don't know about patents or international law, but I do know that the Macromedia Flash Player includes licensed technology from other developers -- video and audio codecs, for instance. It's hard for me to see how a clone player could actually work.

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