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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by thisrod on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:58AM (#14244472)
> The real issue

There's real a higher-order issue, too. Why did anyone want GNU to incorporate an MP3 player in the first place? There is no law of physics that requires songs to be encoded as MP3.

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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by la_oveja on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @03:53AM (#14244706)
> Why did anyone want GNU to incorporate an MP3 player in the first place? There is no law of physics that requires songs to be encoded as MP3.

Dude, in 2006 ALL MUSIC was mp3.

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