The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the …
Nobody cared about patents when MP3 was king. LAME came out in 1998, for god’s sake, and immediately obviated Fraunhofer’s own encoder through sheer quality of results. There was no overlap between the time normal people cared about MP3s and the practical relevance of these patents to those people.
Nobody cared about patents when MP3 was king. LAME came out in 1998, for god’s sake, and immediately obviated Fraunhofer’s own encoder through sheer quality of results. There was no overlap between the time normal people cared about MP3s and the practical relevance of these patents to those people.