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Re:The last patent on AC-3 (Dolby Digital) expires at midnight by briandear on Monday March 20, 2017 @04:04AM (#13912487)
If a university research group has public funding -- then what? My tax dollars go to support a company that then makes billions from a technology that wouldn't be possible without my involuntary investment.
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Re:The last patent on AC-3 (Dolby Digital) expires at midnight by Cyph0n on Monday March 20, 2017 @10:48AM (#13914650)
The university takes a cut, so your money contributed to the US education system, and probably ended up funding more research endeavors.
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