Your political stance doesn't change that what you wrote is simply wrong. They did not get a patent for the Fourier transform but for something completely new w

Your political stance doesn't change that what you wrote is simply wrong. They did not get a patent for the Fourier transform but for something completely new which no one thought of before. Fraunhofer would not have developed audio compression if they couldn't earn money with it (they are a non-profit by the way and the money earned funds new research). That's their business model. They have novel ideas, do hard work to make them possible, and sell that to companies. Are you suggesting people shouldn't get paid to do their work? Algorithms are the machines of the 21st century.