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> none of the patents specify enough detail to actually implement MP3 So, it was never a valid patent to begin with.
by goodluckchuck 3y ago
> none of the patents specify enough detail to actually implement MP3
So, it was never a valid patent to begin with.
- hoseja 3y agoUnlike other software patents?
- Retric 3y agoNo, you misunderstood what parents are for. Patents only cover the non obvious details to do some very specific thing. They aren’t CAD drawings with every detail specified, so you may be able to make a windshield wiper from one but it wouldn’t be a drop in replacement for a specific vehicle’s windshield wiper, in fact multiple different designs can all fall under the same patent. The existence of multiple MP3 related patents makes it clear it’s not simply implementing a single idea. So you may be able to make a similar compression algorithm, but it wouldn’t be MP3.
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