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Re:Firefox will support H264 and MP3 decoding with OS codecs by tomjen3 on Monday March 12, 2012 @11:43AM (#3693928)
Is that really such an issue? For a highly published patent like that I am sure some prior art can be found, if necessary.
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Re:Firefox will support H264 and MP3 decoding with OS codecs by streptomycin on Monday March 12, 2012 @12:05PM (#3694040)
If it were so simple, someone would have done it already. In reality, you're talking about a massively expensive legal battle with an uncertain outcome.
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