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Re:AV1 and the Video Wars of 2027 by verall on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:06AM (#17797843)
I remember the _weirdest_ news cycle where like >4 news sites (including The Guardian iirc) ran articles calling MP3 a "dead" format now that the patents expired.

Definitely felt like a "wet streets cause rain" story.

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Re:AV1 and the Video Wars of 2027 by tialaramex on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:43AM (#17799426)
A large proportion of all "news" is placed by PR companies, essentially advertising but with maybe some light fact checking. It's cheaper than buying advert space.

Fraunhofer essentially wrote these stories, complete with the plug for its newer (patented) audio formats so that's why they say MP3 is dead rather than hooray it's free.

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