[Ffmpeg-devel] Legal questions...

[Ronen Mizrahi]

It does answer questions about mp3, but what about MPEG-1 container, 
MPEG-1 video and MPEG-1 audio level II audio? Are the patents expired 
for these formats/codecs?

Benjamin Larsson wrote:

>Michel Bardiaux wrote:
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>>Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
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>>>No. European companies in European countries also pay royalties. We may
>>>not have official software patents in Europe, most of the countries
>>>still have them at a national level one way or another (sad but true).
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>>>Better get used to it: MPEG *is* owned by companies. You *do* owe them
>>>royalties, through MPEG-LA. If you don't want that, don't use MPEG.
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>>>Cheers,
>>>Ronald
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>>MPEG-LA does not mention anything regarding MPEG-1, not even MPEG-1
>>audio/level-III, a.k.a. mp3. What's the patent situation on these?
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>http://www.mp3licensing.com should answer that question.
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>MvH
>Benjamin Larsson
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