[vorbis] YAPQ (Yet Another Patent Question)

Dan Hollis goemon at anime.net
Mon Dec 11 03:58:59 PST 2000



On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Tom Bishop wrote:
> > I think it's time for serious research for prior art to defend against
> > possible FhG harassment and attacks. Does anyone have a list of FhG
> > patents?
> The ones they want you to know about
> are listed at:    http://mp3licensing.com/patents.html

Probably some patents can be easily evaded, e.g. amazon's "1-click"
patent that was evaded by using 2 clicks. Or "Method of transmitting an
audio signal using two different masking thresholds" by using one or
three thresholds? =)

-Dan

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