[vorbis] AC-3 Decoding

Hongli Lai hongli at telekabel.nl
Wed Aug 8 12:57:37 PDT 2001



On 2001.08.08 20:24:57 +0200 Craig Dickson wrote:
> I saw a joke recently where someone made up a fake patent application
> (at least, I hope it was fake) where they were essentially patenting
> photosynthesis, or patenting some basic chemical process that is
> essential to the way chlorophyll functions in plants. The idea was to
> get this patent through and then hit up the entire plant kingdom for
> royalties.
> 
> Craig

And did they accept the patent request? :)

But the wheel patent is real. It's patented by an Australian man
who wanted to proof that the patent system is flawed.

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