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Originally Posted by Iandefor  Fluendo offers their gstreamer plugin for mp3 playback for free. They also run a webstore that has a bunch of gstreamer plugins, though it runs like 30 Euro for the lot of them.
If it's any consolation, IP laws restricting codec redistribution are pretty much unenforceable. What, are they going to impound every Linux user's hard drive and search for copies of libdvdcss when there are terrorists to catch  ? |
30€ are 40$, that's a lot of cash. Furthermore buying these licensed solutions just strengthens the position of the intellectual property and software patent lobbies.