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The MP3: A History Of Innovation And Betrayal

• ugh 16y ago
  Professor Brandenburg is a great and the tricks MP3 uses for compressions are very clever. I’m a student at TU Ilmenau and attended one of his lectures. He has recently been working on audio holograms (wave field synthesis). I think the article tries to paint a just a bit too dramatic picture. When I heard Brandenburg retell the story he didn’t sound disappointed about the outcome at all. MP3 dominates today exactly because Fraunhofer’s original business model didn’t work out.
  • rwmj 16y ago
    Do you think the clever stuff he did 20-30 years ago should still be the subject of patents and causing a huge drag on innovation now?
    • ugh 16y ago
      I don’t know enough to make an informed statement about that and I didn’t try to.
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