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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by TD-Linux on Monday May 01, 2017 @03:59PM (#14240950)
It made them a lot of money.
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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by Gaelan on Monday May 01, 2017 @04:01PM (#14240967)
Were they involved in the creation of MP3?
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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by davidgerard on Monday May 01, 2017 @04:07PM (#14241029)
Karlheinz Brandenburg at Fraunhofer invented MP3. (And AAC.)

(edit: not Stockhausen, thank you!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Brandenburg

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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by kken on Monday May 01, 2017 @04:10PM (#14241057)
Karlheinz Brandenburg... Stockhausen was a composer.
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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by kowdermeister on Monday May 01, 2017 @04:07PM (#14241024)
Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society#Notable_pro...
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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by kken on Monday May 01, 2017 @04:09PM (#14241052)
They developed MP3.
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