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Originally Posted by Openmouthinsertfoot  I see. And after reading much about the subject, it seems the patent was once again used simply to corner the market and basically abused the codec patent. It makes no sense really and is a stupid patent after reading some of the ins and outs. It needs to seriously be done away with. |
Welcome to America, where any man may become a monopolist simply by filing at the patent office!
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Originally Posted by lakersforce Having too pay for multimedia codecs on linux would defenitely kill it. I mean, why pay 40$ for a valid working linux installation, when you bassicly get Windows for free.
I for one doesn't know of a person that has actually ever purchased Windows. But they all use it anyway. |
That's the cost of being legitimate.