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The patent will kill it in its tracks. mp3 is dead now because of the patent (well, also because of streaming). The open source community tends to provide a lo
by jbob2000 9y ago
The patent will kill it in its tracks. mp3 is dead now because of the patent (well, also because of streaming).
The open source community tends to provide a lot of the system-level technology for using things like this and I'd expect them to completely ignore a patented format.
- IAmEveryone 9y agoMP3 was arguably among the most successful format in history, surpassed only by html. If it is dead now, which it isn’t, the patent has nothing to do with that, because it actually just expired. MP3 becoming less important is simply a result of incremental improvements on its fundamental ideas, like AAP.
- CyberDildonics 9y agoI would have to say that jpegs were more successful than mp3s
- fenwick67 9y agoThe MP3 patents expired last year FYI
- InclinedPlane 9y agoThe MP3 format will outlive every single person posting in this thread. Potentially by an order of magnitude.
- hermitdev 9y agoI literally just installed WinAmp about 30 minutes ago to listen to my recovered MP3 collection. If I'm going to beat a dead horse, I'm going to do it while really whipping the llama's ass.