[vorbis] Here is a link to what they say about "Other Formats"

[Freya]

Is Atrac3 specifically a sony format? and isn't it
based on musicam? which I thought pre-dated MPEG?! 

Or perhaps Fraunhauser have had these patents for
sometime before MPEG? I didn't know Frauhauser were
part of Thompson, that surely makes things really
wierd because Thompson is a huge consumer electronics
company, so presumably they are part of a patent pool
and were involved in the development of MPEG for all
the partners to use (sony for instance) so are they
now doing the dirty on people in the MPEG pool on
other similar technologies? And do Thompson *really*
not make any minidisk players!???

Perhaps I am confused but it all starts to sound
really strange.

love

Freya

--- Tom Bishop <Tom at Truly.nu> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert J Lynn Jr" <rjlynn at crosswinds.net>
> 
> 
> > ATRAC3 is Sony MD's encoding method. Unlike MP3,
> it is ONE HUNDRED PRECENT
> > FRONTWARD AND BACKWARD COMPATIBLE. Totally written
> by Dolby. Fraunhofer can
> > just eat their shit. If they would dare say
> something like that about a big
> > company (Dear Dolby: PAY US!),
> 
> Not only dolby, but perhaps everyone using the
> format also, like mp3...
> ..it is up to their imagination what they finally do
> with it..
> ..but their current statement is "they haven't
> decided"... 
> 
> Personal opinion.. they are just a business, and
> they have various 
> business opportunities... ..why not go for the easy
> ones first..  ?
> 
> They probably have their hands full for a while
> collecting the easy
> money.. and in so doing, they are funding legal fees
> to go after people
> that will require trial.
> 
> > they would rip Vorbis to shreds. For some
> > reason, they think  they have the patent on ATRAC.
>  
> 
> Not exactly, they are saying Atrac's implementation
> relies on technology they hold patents on..
> ..in at least a number of countries in the world 
> (clearly not all).
> 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 
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