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Re:“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story by em500 on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @07:59AM (#14348876)
http://techmeme.com

It's an aggregator, and you need to resist the urge to click on the links. But the headlines and blurb are often informative enough that you usually don't need to click.

Re:“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story by tokenizerrr on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @08:38AM (#14349063)
> you need to resist the urge to click on the links

Why?

Re:“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story by em500 on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @08:58AM (#14349166)
Techmeme heading/summary:

"Fraunhofer, the major contributor to MP3, shut down its licensing program in April as MP3 patents expired — Red Hat has announced that Fedora will include official MP3 decoding and encoding. The reason is that MP3 is now patent free - as far as anyone can tell."

First linked (Engadget) article: "MP3 is dead, long live AAC. Its creators have abandoned licenses to the format, signing its death sentence."

Not clicking would have both saved you time and left you better informed.