audio players....

[gboyce at badbelly.com (gboyce)]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Brendan wrote:

> On Tuesday 31 January 2006 13:17, gboyce wrote:
>> I believe the mp3 requirement is that if you sell an mp3 encoder or
>> decoder, you must pay royalies.  There are no royalties for using one, so
>> web site operators wouldn't need to pay.
>
> No. Just encoders. You also have to keep track of how many copies are
> distributed and pay a few dollars on them.

http://www.chillingeffects.org/patent/notice.cgi?NoticeID=464

"From your publications and your web-site we learn that you distribute 
and/or sell decoders and/or encoders that use the MPEG Layer-3 standard.

Our files do not show that you have a valid license agreement with us. 
This means that the products infringe the patent rights of Fraunhofer and 
THOMSON."