Re: [Fsfe-uk] Open Standards-based DVD Authoring

[Jon Grant]

Hi,

> It's chicken-and-egg. Open formats won't be adopted until there's
> support for them. I would certainly feel uneasy about selling a DVD,
> authored in MPEG format, in the knowledge that I haven't paid the
> royalties required to do so. Windows users may be immune to prosecution
> but we aren't.

Out of interest, when do the MPEG 1 patents expire, they came in mid 80s 
didn't they? Which might mean the patents were open now or soon?  And 
maybe MP3 too soon?

Cheers
Jon
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