> In my humble opinion, that license mess set back innovation in the portable audio space by a good 5 years. Or did it push it forward? If not for the licensin

> In my humble opinion, that license mess set back innovation in the portable audio space by a good 5 years. Or did it push it forward? If not for the licensing at the time, would it have been developed? Would it be allowed to be used by anyone just paying for the technology?