The MP3 format, once the gold standard for digital audio files, is now free. The licensing and patents on MP3 encoders have expired, meaning you can now include them in your applications without payin
Interesting – did the original patents for MP3 not apply to streaming formats at all then? That would imply streaming MP3 data has been free for much longer than the “mp3 file format” itself. Would not suprise me if true, as the originators probably did not foresee the huge increase in internet bandwidth available to regular people, nor the concept of the streaming industry in general.
Interesting – did the original patents for MP3 not apply to streaming formats at all then? That would imply streaming MP3 data has been free for much longer than the “mp3 file format” itself. Would not suprise me if true, as the originators probably did not foresee the huge increase in internet bandwidth available to regular people, nor the concept of the streaming industry in general.