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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by toast0 on Monday May 01, 2017 @08:04PM (#14242911)
Can't we take winamp's initial release from April 21, 1997, add 1 year for late filing, and say anything it did is unencumbered by April 21, 2017? (Let's ignore patents filed before June 8, 1995 and issued later, since we're approaching the end of those, I hope)
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by abstrakraft on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:29PM (#14243749)
If you can demonstrate standing and pay a lawyer a ton of money, then yes, you could argue that.
Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by caf on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:18PM (#14243711)
WinPlay3 was released by Fraunhofer themselves in September 1995.