Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >Dave Phillips wrote: > > > >>Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >> >> >> >>>I've heard that Thompson has attempted to collect license fees from >>>people distributing a software decoder. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I'd like verification on that story. My understanding is that >>Frauenhofer has gone after only the encoders, not the decoders. >> >> > >This does it for me: > > http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html > >Erik > > Thanks, Erik, that does it for me too, at least in the letter terms of the law. Whether Thomson or Frauenhofer actually pursue the decoders isn't really the point. It's that they *can* if they so desire, putting the decoder in a dependent and shaky position. Nevertheless, I get the impression that importing MP3s into editors, HDRs, and so on, is standard procedure for Windows users. Is that correct ? Best, dp
